"I shouldn’t have invoked any actresses or used the phrase 'double standard,' which was just poor phrasing — there has long been a double standard around nudity on film and it’s not men who’ve suffered from it,

Women have long been exploited and objectified in Hollywood, which is why Jason Isaacs' idea of a "double standard" turned so many heads. Later in the same interview, the Lucius Malfoy actor expressed contrition for bringing Madison and Qualley into the conversation. As he shared:

Jason Isaacs is backtracking his comment about men facing 'double standards' when it comes to onscreen nudity: 'My point wasn’t that men have had a harder time than women — that would be absurd.'