Elle Fanning spills on bold scenes in 'Margo’s Got Money Troubles'

Elle Fanning is speaking candidly about her approach to on-screen nudity in her latest series Margo’s Got Money Troubles, saying she feels comfortable with bold scenes and views them as part of her evolving craft.

The 28-year-old actress, who stars in the Apple TV+ series, said she is not “very modest” when it comes to performing nude scenes and noted that she had already worked through similar challenges earlier in her career.

“I feel like I kind of broke that down in The Great,” Fanning told People, referring to the Hulu historical drama in which she portrayed Catherine the Great. “I was like, ‘I’ve kind of already done this.’”

In Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Fanning’s role includes scenes involving nudity that she says are intentionally grounded in storytelling rather than designed for shock value or sexualisation. She described being “really proud” of how the series approaches the subject.

“I am really proud of how the nudity is depicted in [Margo’s Got Money Troubles], because it’s not in an overly sexualised way at all,” she said.

Fanning explained that much of the depiction relates to motherhood and the physical realities her character experiences after becoming pregnant, including breastfeeding and later turning to OnlyFans as a means of financial support.

“A lot of it is actually just having to do with the necessities of motherhood, the need to feed your child and breastfeed,” she said. “And then that’s kind of juxtaposed, later, when Margo’s doing her OnlyFans. But I think it’s a nice commentary on how her relationship to her body changes.”

The actress also revealed that prosthetics were used for breastfeeding scenes to enhance realism. 

She described the process as technically complex but ultimately part of the production experience.

“A lot of the time, I did have prosthetics to make [my boobs] look like breastfeeding boobs and milk that would squirt out this contraption that they had,” she said. 

“So I would be in the trailer and they’d put them on, and then I would feel like, ‘OK, I’m just going to walk out.’ And I’m like, ‘Wait a second; I can’t walk out. This isn’t a shirt.’”

Fanning added that the experience reflects how her approach to performance has evolved, particularly in roles that explore complex relationships with identity and the body.