Thomas Edward Bourassa, aka Christopher Stone, worked steadily in Hollywood from his start in the late 1960's until his death in the mid-nineties. Although his career featured many guest appearances on episode television, he had an varied resume of feature films in the 70's and 80's.
The actor's first nude scene was with who else, actress Jacqueline Bisset in 1970's, The Grasshopper. I've written a few times before about the many men Bisset has shared the screen with, usually with her clothed, and them naked. We can now add Christopher Stone to that list.
The Grasshopper is the story of a young woman's odyssey from innocence to decadence. Hopeful for a career in show business, Christine Adams (Bisset) leaves British Columbia with her boyfriend at age 19. A detour to Las Vegas leads her into a life that no one would envy.
Stone appears 'nude' twice in the film, with word 'nude' purposely in quotes. The first is a shot of him naked in the shower, but with the glass shower door observing a really good view. We also see Stone naked on the bed near the end of the film, after having sex, with of course, Bisset's character Christine.
An interesting side note is that Stone actually shows more of his beefy butt in one of the films promotional poster and image than in the movie itself. The view in the image directly above was never actually shown in the film. Once Bisset enters the shower, in the version that I saw, the camera stayed on the actors faces, never really going much lower.
So this film was the movie that gave me, well a surprise would not really describe it adequately... 1973's Love Me Deadly focuses on a woman and desire to control her necrophiliac urges. Yes, that's right, a film about necrophilia, and it's far from sutble.
Despite having two hotties (Stone one of them) wanting to be her, Lindsay (Mary Wilcox) just can't get it up if her guy is well.. alive. Stone's character Wade gives it his all, but she's just not that into him, or the fact he's breathing. She likes a stiff, but not one with blood flowing through it.
Stone's nude scene is just as odd as the film, and shot in a dream like manner so scenes overlap to prevent a great view. In the scene, Wade discovers something is going on at the neighbour mortuary, and ends up paying the price.
After being stabbed, he's tied up, hung up, and then stripped naked by members of the local necrophilia club. There were a couple of other interesting male nude scenes in the film that I just couldn't let pass. If you're as intrigued as I was, check out the follow-up post below HERE:
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