In Glenn Closes’ book, this scene was a must.

The actress, 78, got candid on her choice to strip down in her new movie “The Summer Book.”

The project is a Finnish-English-American co-production, and is adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Tove Jansson. 8

“It was my idea,” Close told AARP’s Movies for Grownups about the nude scene in the film, adding she “thought that’s something [her character] would do when no one else is around. In Finland, they’re much more used to nakedness than we are.”

One scene shows her character, Grandmother, on a fully naked during a walk in the forest.

Close quipped: “I didn’t want to put my clothes back on. It felt so good.” 8

The official logline for the project reads, “Nine-year-old Sophia (Emily Matthews) spends the summers at

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