Jane Seymour Was Nervous Filming Topless Scene With Owen Wilson

Jane Seymour stripped down for her role in the 2005 film Wedding Crashers, but she admitted that the experience left her and costar Owen Wilson feeling anxious.

“Owen was actually very nervous about the whole experience, and I was too!” Seymour, 74, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, December 3. “But when I’m in character, I’m Kathleen Cleary. So I said, ‘Jane Seymour might have a problem with what you’re going to do, but currently I’m not her. I’m Kathleen.’ And at first he was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know.’”

In the memorable scene, Seymour’s character, matriarch Kathleen Cleary, tries to seduce John Beckwith, portrayed by Wilson, taking her top off and playfully dangling her b—— in his face. She boldly asks him to grab her b—— and famously instructs him to call her “Kitty Cat.”

“[Director] David Dobkin would say, ‘Can you just relax your fingers a little bit? Can you just move your fingers slightly?’” Seymour recalled of filming the scene with Wilson, 57. “So the whole experience of shooting it was funnier even than the actual scene!”

Seymour also shared that Wilson suggested the perfect punchline to end the scene by calling his character a “pervert.”

“That was the button that that scene needed, and it was amazing,” she reflected.

During a chat with Us Weekly in February, Seymour unveiled some movie magic behind the scenes. “The way we shot it, people think I’m naked, but no one ever saw anything,” she explained. “There was nothing to see. The way it was shot was so brilliant when it came out. I saw people in airplanes going back and forth, convinced that there is one moment where they could see the front of my body. No, it didn’t happen.”

Seymour noted that her role in Wedding Crashers allowed fans to see her comedic talents. “It was all in Owen’s eyes and the way we played it, and I am very proud of it,” she said. “The Dr. Quinn fans loved it. They went, wow. So this is what our comedy is. I’m sure we lost a few along the way, but for the most part, I think people really [like] that and then they love the comedic work I’ve done since and now with Harry Wilde.”

For Seymour, portraying Kathleen was a standout experience. “It’s such a wonderful character to play … we’re talking about having a new life. After 45, I had a new life really,” she reflected. “I’m just going to play characters, and I’m going to have fun with it. And I’m much freer as an actress, and I think I’m a better actress than I ever was then. I feel I’m in my prime right now, and I’m just so grateful that I’m being given really great roles.”