Fire Island director Andrew Ahn says Searchlight wouldn't let him show full-frontal nudity
Ahn was, however, allowed "as many butts" as he wanted as a compromise

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While most Pride & Prejudice adaptations stay demure with hand-touching and the occasional wet Mr. Darcy, Fire Island ups the debauchery level with its modern sensibilities on sex and relationships. Yet, it looks like Regency-era attitudes still prevented the production from going where no Pride & Prejudice had gone before: full-frontal male nudity.
Speaking in an interview with Vulture, director Andrew Ahn details how he had to make a bit of bargain with Searchlight Pictures. “I was like, ‘I want a dick,’” Ahn tells Vulture. “It’s Fire Island. It’s sex scenes. It’s orgies. Like, you’re going to see dick.”