"From the start of my career, I've been naked," says Fassbender, whose
newest film,
Haywire, opens January 20. "I must admit—I initially thought it
might be fun. You hear 'sex,' and you think...sex! But this was
definitely the hardest job I've done," he says of starring in Steve
McQueen's
Shame. "I can usually shake a character off, but I couldn't
shake Brandon. He had no sensual enjoyment in his life, and since we
filmed the movie so quickly, I found myself living in his skin. Keeping
him close to me was exhausting, cold, horrible."
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