Naomi Watts and Laura Harring: Mulholland Drive

Naomi Watts and Laura Harring: Mulholland Drive

Part of what redefines her as the film ensues, is Betty’s sexuality. Watts has some graphic scenes in the film, notably with co-star Laura Elena Harring, one (a ferocious masturbation scene) more confronting and disturbing than the other. It’s a side of Watts we have rarely seen through the years, and the actress admits that shooting these more intimate nude scenes was tough, “especially the second one”. “At least when I was with Laura, we were together and we could feel safe with our own bodies, and there was a degree of trust that we’d developed over time. The masturbation scene was incredibly difficult, and was absolutely mortifying and humiliating; it’s just a very difficult thing to do.”