Gretchen Mol

Film The Notorious Betty Page

Being naked in a film is one thing, but being tied up and trussed up is something very different. What was that experience like and how hard was that?

Well, again, I look at those photographs and she always had a wink. It was like a twinkle behind her eye, so it didn't have the darkness that you might think of. And when you look at pictures today, there certainly is a darkness in the world of S&M, but I didn't feel that this is what they were doing. When you look at those images they are such a playful innocence, at least the way Bettie did it. They [had this feeling of] "come on in, enjoy. It’s okay." She gave you that permission.

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