Olivia Munn reflects on topless scene in new show after having double mastectomy

Olivia Munn, who is returning to acting after breast cancer, says she was actually more insecure about her body before surgery and values her body much more now.

Olivia Munn is making her acting comeback after having balanced recovering from breast cancer and welcoming a new baby.

In her first acting role in more than three years, Munn stars as Samantha Levitt in the new series “Your Friends and Neighbors,” out April 11 on Apple TV+. In the Jon Hamm-led drama, which follows a hedge fund manager who resorts to burglary after he loses his job, Munn’s character is having a secret affair with Hamm’s character. 

Reflecting on the actors’ sharing intimate scenes together, Munn told NBC News she was actually more anxious about her body before her double mastectomy last year after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, luminal B breast cancer.

Post-surgery, she said, she actually feels more confident and values her body more — even though, she said, she initially was worried about her topless scenes in the new series because she didn’t want the scars on her body to distract from her character and the story.

“As insecure as I was going into this about my body post-cancer and post-double mastectomy, I have been more insecure before going through all of this,” Munn said. “I have a deeper appreciation for my body, because my body is the thing that got me through this. I fought through this with everything that I have, so I was a lot less insecure.”