10 Times Actresses Had to Wear Costumes So Revealing, It Was Just Ridiculous

When it comes to female superheroes, appearance often takes precedence — even when it defies all logic. While no one expects perfect hair or tight costumes to define a hero’s strength, many filmmakers seem more concerned with striking visuals than with practicality. So, we’ve rounded up a list of movies where the women’s outfits were undeniably eye-catching — but completely inappropriate.

Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi

Carrie Fisher openly admitted she hated Leia’s iconic bikini from Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi. She revealed that the outfit “wasn’t [her] choice,” and when George Lucas first presented it, she assumed he was joking. “It made me very nervous. I had to sit very straight because I couldn’t have lines on my sides, like little creases. No creases were allowed, so I had to sit very, very rigid straight.” Fisher was told to work out to fit into the costume, which she later described as “what supermodels will eventually wear in the seventh ring of hell.”

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungl‪e

In the sequel to the iconic Jumanji, actress Karen Gillan plays warrior Ruby from the world of Jumanji. Despite all the dangers of the jungle where you can easily get hurt, trip, or fall into something or hit something, Ruby is dressed, unlike all the male characters, in quite revealing clothes.

Her legs, waist, and the top of her breasts are exposed. The mini shorts and cropped tank top are not the most appropriate attire for trudging through the woods.

Charmed

In the TV series Charmed, the main characters appeared in very revealing costumes quite often. And they could show up in a swimsuit-like outfit in the most unexpected places, like woods, for example. Alyssa Milano even said that she thought the series creators made the costumes too revealing.

For example, in season 6, the sisters turned into Amazons and moved to an island where there was no civilization at all. Of course, the costumes of the girls were extremely impractical, but they showed their slender figures in all their glory. But the funniest thing is that the creators put heeled boots on the “warrior maidens.” Apparently, they thought these were the right shoes for the wilderness.

Daredevil

The filmmakers dressed Jennifer Garner’s character in accordance with all the clichés of how superheroines should look. Of course, she was dressed in a revealing tight costume. But according to Garner, she could not even go to the toilet normally because of this outfit and tried to postpone this moment for as long as possible. Her pants were so tight that it was impossible to take them off in a usual manner. They had to be ripped open at the seams and then sewn back together. Therefore, a visit to the bathroom could take up to 45 minutes.

Also, the filmmakers decided to make the actress’s bust visually bigger and stuffed her bra with silicone inserts. “I think there were like 3 on each side of different sizes, and everything was pushed up and out,” the actress shared. Well, it’s definitely not the best costume for someone who has to run and fight all the time.

X-Men: Apocalypse

The team of superheroes from Marvel Comics continued their adventures in the movie X-Men: Apocalypse. Among the familiar Magneto, Mystique or Cyclops, we can also see Psylocke, who possesses the powers of telepathy and telekinesis.

Her clothes are so revealing that we can call her one of the most undressed characters in the movie. Her costume looks more like a swimsuit than a battle outfit. But even though the costume is ridiculous from a logical point of view, it is still spectacular and memorable.

The World Is Not Enough

A Bond girl should surely be an exceptional beauty. And apparently, the film director decided that the audience wouldn’t be able to see it if the actress was not dressed in revealing clothes.

So, the nuclear physicist with a lot of urgent and important tasks happened to be dressed not in comfortable pants, but in tight, ultra-short shorts. And her top is actually a cropped tank top that leaves almost nothing to the imagination and also makes part of her tattoo visible.

Into the Blue

According to Jessica Alba, her character was not supposed to sport a bikini. The character was a marine biology student, and therefore she had to dive in a wetsuit. But the moviemakers tricked Jessica into wearing a bikini. When the actress arrived at the set, she was told that they had already made the necessary shots with her body double, who was wearing a swimsuit. Therefore, the star was left no other choice.

“Every time the camera shut off, I was covering up in a towel and hating my life and calling my mom, and being like, ‘I can’t do this! I hate this movie!’” Alba recalled.

Underworld

Thanks to Kate Beckinsale, we learned that the tight latex costume her character was dressed in only looked cool, but had almost no practical value. “It’s latex with a leather corset, and it’s very squeaky all around. You come striding into a room, and it’s squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak ... everyone knows you’re there,” the actress revealed. Surely this suit would have been useless, were werewolves real.

Kate also revealed that she had to gain weight because she didn’t want to look too skinny in this tight costume.

Barb Wire

This film was based on the comic book with the same name, so the creators dressed the character in a costume that, although it corresponded to the original work, totally contradicted the logic.

The heroine of Pamela Anderson keeps a nightclub where she works as a security guard. She runs, fights, drives a motorcycle, and saves the world in general, and all this while wearing revealing tops that barely cover her bust. It does look beautiful, but does it look real? Hardly.

The Fifth Element

The idea for Leeloo’s bandage-style outfit in The Fifth Element actually came from Milla Jovovich herself. Although she didn’t object to the revealing costume, she admitted that wearing the “skimpy” ensemble was “a bit embarrassing.” Having grown up as a model, Jovovich was accustomed to being dressed by others, but “in the fashion world, most of the guys are gay, and they have the etiquette not to notice.”

Be sure to check out our other article showcasing hidden costume details in movies and TV shows that you probably never noticed.