Jane Fonda Got Drunk To Film One Of Her Most Famous Risqué Scenes

Jane Fonda is one of the most polarizing actresses in the USA. Many love and adore her outspokenness and willingness to stand for what she believes in. Others hate her for the exact same reasons. However, either way, you must admit Fonda's always bold in telling it like it is. Unlike many stars of a certain age, she's not afraid to admit to having work done. Fonda talked about her plastic surgery procedures during an interview with The Guardian. She confessed to undergoing "several facelifts of which she says she is not proud."

Fonda's past eating disorder is not a secret, either. The actor opened up about her decades-long battle with anorexia and bulimia during an episode of "The Checkup With Dr. David Agus" (per People). "The older you get, the more toll it takes on you. If you binge and purge, it's like three or four days to really recover," she admitted. Fonda said, "it was really, really, really, really hard" to stop, but "the good news is you can recover from eating disorders. 100%."

Fonda comes across as fearless with her history of daring film roles, honesty, outspoken feminist beliefs, activism, and willingness to be arrested and carted off in a black and white taxi in the blink of an eyelash. However, there are certain things, like all of us, that she's not so gung-ho about. For instance, Jane Fonda got drunk to film one of her most famous risqué scenes.

If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, please contact the National Eating Disorder Association's Helpline at 1-800-931-2237 or chat with one of their helpline volunteers on NEDA's website.

Jane Fonda was an '80s TV exercise goddess, clad in lycra and leg warmers, urging viewers to "feel the burn" during high-energy workouts. However, she wasn't always so confident about flashing the flesh. In 1968 Fonda starred in "Barbarella." Life magazine published onset pics, including Fonda in a tiny lacy bra and standing resplendent in Barbarella's iconic skin-tight leather all-in-ones. She looks bold and fearless, but then, looks can be deceiving.

"I was so nervous about doing this striptease where I end up naked that I drank a lot of vodka," Fonda told "GMA Day" hosts Michael Strahan and Sara Haines. Adding, "I was drunk out of my mind and kind of moving to the song." Unfortunately, the scene had to be reshot because of a filming error. By that time, the actor was seriously hanging. 

Fonda was married to "Barbarella" director Roger Vadim during filming. The movie ultimately left her feeling that the French Russian auteur had sold her a false narrative. "I'm the one that's going to rescue the planet from evilness. But when I get there, it's all about making love and having strange sexual adventures," Fonda told Glamour. She admitted to having issues with the movie's content and its sexual objectification of women. "Right after the film, I left my husband and came to the United States and slowly became a feminist," she said. However, over time she eventually "grew fond" of the iconic movie.

Roger Vadim was the first of Jane Fonda's three ex-husbands. He was followed by political activist Tom Hayden who she married in 1973 and divorced in 1990. Finally, there was Ted Turner, who Jane wed in 1991, and stayed with for a decade before saying sayonara, per Biography.

The problem Jane's failed marriages had in common was that they all involved men. No, not really — obviously. But the problem did involve one man, her father, Henry Fonda. Jane blamed him for making her tolerate men's bad behavior when she was younger and for contributing to her eating disorder. "For me to really confront sexism would have required doing something about my relationships with men, and I couldn't. That was too scary," Jane admitted in Lenny. She claimed Henry constantly criticized her weight and demanded she wear longer skirts. He recruited his wives to partake in the body-shaming, too. "One of my stepmothers told me all the ways I'd have to change physically if I wanted a boyfriend," Jane wrote.

"Barbarella" sparked Jane's feminist thirst, even as the movie was slammed by women's rights activists. "I took a lot of heat on it from feminists," she told The Guardian, saying, "The new women's movement was in its early stages, and there was a lot of, 'How do you feel making a movie that exploits women, like Barbarella?' You'd kind of want to say: 'Well, honey, nobody forced me.'"