Ava Gardner - One Touch of Venus

Ava Gardner with statue of Venus for One Touch of Venus, 1948 - To achieve a realistic-looking living statue, the studio sent Gardner to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi. Gardner posed in a bikini but the drape of the top seemed wrong to the sculptor, so Gardner removed her bikini top and Nicolosi continued with his sculpture. Nicolosi was not aware that the sculpture had to resemble a Venus in Grecian robes, and when he presented the work to the studio he was forced to change it accordingly for the film…