'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3 Cast: Taylor Schilling Reveals Why She Doesn't Watch Her Own Show
Taylor Schilling has a complicated relationship with seeing herself onscreen, particularly in her show, Netflix's Orange Is the New Black.
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Schilling, who plays Piper Chapman on the dramedy, spoke with the Daily Express recently about a variety of topics, particularly how she feels about playing the character.
The actress admitted that she's never actually sat down to watch Orange Is the New Black, due to certain regrets she might have in her performance.
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"I can sometimes watch myself but I haven't ever really watched this show," she said. "What's more exciting to me is seeing my friends work. When I read scripts, I want to know what everyone else is doing, not myself.
But when I do watch myself, I see places where I wish I'd made another choice. Or I think, 'That's how I use my hand.' I see my face and my nose and I'm like, 'What am I doing?'"
She also has a complex policy when it comes to nudity on the show.
"Yeah, sure," Schilling said. "I've always had a push-pull relationship with nudity and I really have to be very clear on what the storyline is. There have been times where I've felt frightened, but once you feel safe you can really go anywhere. I've realized that it is worth the risk. I believe in the show and I feel like the nude scenes are worth it. The story can hold that much danger and that much boundary-pushing. As an actor, I really like the extremes."
Schilling has a number of love scenes in the recently released third season of the show, but they do not necessarily affect her in a negative way. "It comes with human experience - wanting to be loved and desiring someone," she said.
Orange Is the New Black season 3 is now available on Netflix, as well as the first two seasons.
