Rachel Bilson refuses to go nude for movie role

Rachel Bilson won’t strip for a movie role. The former O.C. actress claims several directors have wanted her to appear naked in their films, but she has remained “strong-willed” and refused to take her clothes off.

“They like to put in nudity wherever they can,” she said. “But I’m pretty strong-willed and believe it can be avoided.”

Just as the 29-year-old beauty has difficulty with on-screen nudity, she also claims it is more awkward to shoot love scenes with a boyfriend than an actor you don’t know.

“Doing a love scene with someone that you’re involved with is more awkward than doing a love scene with someone you’re not dating,” said Rachel, who starred with her ex-fiance Hayden Christensen in the movie Jumper and was in a three-year relationship with her O.C. costar Adam Brody.

“Either way, it’s definitely weird though. It’s certainly not normal to kiss a guy in front of 10 other guys and a camera.”

Rachel also believes her life has taken a different path to Mischa Barton — whom she starred alongside in The O.C. — because she was older when she took on the role of Summer Roberts.

“I was 21 when the The O.C. started, Mischa was 16,” she said.

“I can’t imagine dealing with that kind of success at that age. My life may have been very different had I started out that young.”