I had a moment where I was curious if my career had come to an end, if that was it. But before that, I doubted myself a little bit. I’ve certainly had my moments of disappointment, and I’ve been really grateful for what’s been an amazing couple of years. You’ve pretty much been successful since you were 7. In Kingdom you play a fighter who’s going through a dark period of failure. But I think if it’s the right thing and it feels important that it be in there, then I’ll do what I gotta do. I’d have to see how important it was to the story to go fully nude or not. To a certain degree, though I think there are things that’ll probably make me a little uncomfortable. Is it now just always a yes to nudity for you?
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And I hear you go nude for the James Franco frat-hazing movie Goat, when a lot of the other male actors in the movie decided against it. There are glimpses of your butt, at least.
It’s just about going on a journey and having fun while creating something. In addition to that, it’s playing around with creative minds who have great ideas, and part of that is tapping into an older side and a sexier vibe. With Kingdom, obviously fighters fight shirtless, so that’s why that’s happening. Why are you so much more prone to going shirtless and putting your body out there now than you were, say, even five years ago?Īs I’ve gotten older, it’s been nice to just explore and be creative. Since then you’ve become very open about your sexuality - we’ve seen quite a lot of your body over the last two years. I’d probably say it didn’t matter to me that much.
Even though there are moments where it might get a little uncomfortable, it’s all part of the storytelling. I’ve been acting in stuff since I was very young so I kind of have this mentality that it’s just your job, you know? It’s what you have to do to tell the story. How’d it go? Jennifer Lawrence said she had to get drunk to get through her first sex scene. I’ve since done quite a few, but that was the icebreaker. It was a great project to build from and grow with, so it’s exciting that it’s coming out now in the midst of a crazy time. It’s a little strange, but also nice to have these moments of my life sort of documented in some sense. Is it weird looking back at yourself in Careful? You’ve had a well-publicized image overhaul since you made the movie. Vulture recently chatted with Nick about filming sex scenes, why he’s always naked, his MMA show Kingdom, and his complicated early-20s. Today the film finally comes to theaters and VOD, on the same day Jonas’s moody third solo album, Last Year Was Complicated, gets its release. In the time since, Jonas, now 23, has matured from curly-haired JoBro to posing in his Calvin Kleins à la Mark Wahlberg. No one saw the movie because it got stuck in distribution limbo, meaning the world missed out on what should’ve been Jonas’s sexual coming-out party. It’s Camp Rock if it aired on Lifetime and were trying to be a PG-13 version of Basic Instinct. Scorce: billboard.Three years ago, tween heartthrob turned thirst trap Nick Jonas filmed Careful What You Wish For, an erotic thriller in which he takes his shirt off a lot, loses his virginity to his married neighbor (Isabel Lucas), unwisely continues the affair, oh, and (spoiler!) gets duped into killing her husband (Dermot Mulroney). The former JoBro is currently promoting his new single "Levels" in the wake of Hot 100 hits "Chains" and "Jealous" - both of which were covered at Billboard's Hot 100 festival last weekend. Six Awesome Covers From Saturday's Hot 100 Festival: Who Took on Nick Jonas and Beyonce? Now, it's probably closer to 2,000 calories a day." I was probably eating 5,600 calories a day. "I actually had to lean up - keep muscle, but keep it lean and more explosive, more athletic muscle than size," says Jonas of his need to get into character. Jonas also spoke about his workout routine to prepare for the show's second season - apparently, Nate slims down. Nick Jonas on Kendall Jenner: 'We're Not Dating' "So it is a struggle and I'm trying to tell the story as honestly as possible with as much depth as possible." "It's tough because he's living and working in a really macho world and I think he's just trying to figure out where he fits in in being who he is," he added. "He has a lot of layers to him and he's trying to figure out exactly who he is. "It's all happening," Nick told E! of his character. In a new interview, Jonas talks about his role as Nate Kulina, a mixed martial arts fighter who is questioning his sexuality, and was left in the season finale on the verge of liaising with a man outside a gay bar. Listen to Nick Jonas' Funky New Single, 'Levels' Nick Jonas is going to be getting down to business on the next season of the Audience Network drama Kingdom - and according to him, the spicy scene is going to be "less about romance than it is about human needs."