line at a pubic wig, but you can shoot my own snatch up close and personal.'"Another Allure source (used here) also says she didn't wear it. At the São Paulo Fashion Week in 2010, the design firm Neon dressed a nude model in transparent plastic. According to the designer, the model wore a pubic wig to make her appear more natural. In an interview, Gina Gershon revealed that she wore a merkin in Killer Joe. In the director's audio commentary of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher discussed how a merkin was used for actress Rooney Mara, after she suggested to him that the character she portrayed in the movie was a natural redhead in the book and actually dyed her hair black. Consequently, the merkin she wore was made in the color red. For the release of the movie in Japan, Fincher stated: "I believe in Japan we had to put a mosaic over it because fake pubes are considered to be ... nasty."Rooney Mara Naked, Merkin Details For 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', The Huffington Post, 2011-12-13 In Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove the character of the President of the United States, played by Peter Sellers, is bald and is named "Merkin Muffley". In the Italian film La Pelle (English: The Skin), which takes place during the Allied occupation of Naples after World War II, blond merkins are made for the local prostitutes to pass for blondes for the US soldiers. In the television series Black Sails, Jessica Parker Kennedy wore a pubic wig. In the film The Greasy Strangler, the character Janet donned a merkin. In the film Never Been Kissed'', the main character Josie Gellar’s assistant is named Merkin. The character is portrayed by Sean Whalen. In 2022, in response to the passing of reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland, a protester wearing a pubic wig flashed the Scottish parliament chamber. References External links Wigs Feminine hygiene