Of all the big names in Hollywood, Willem Dafoe is undoubtedly one of the most unique actors. However, it wasn’t his face that got him into hot water during the filming of Lars von Trier’s 2009 film Antichrist… it was another part of his anatomy that caused him embarrassment on set.
For one scene in the film, Dafoe had to strip down to his Adam costume. He did it willingly and without a care—Dafoe is a true professional, after all. Lars von Trier, on the other hand, was… disturbed. Because his leading man had an absolutely enormous dick. Von Trier described the man’s package as: “Confoundingly large.” The Danish director felt that the audience would be too distracted by Dafoe’s gigantic penis, to the point where they would no longer be able to appreciate or focus on the story.
Lars von Trier therefore had to hire a body double to perform Dafoe’s nude scene for him. Because his genitals were “too big.” A first in cinema history and undoubtedly a very uncomfortable thing for the director to explain…