Aubrey Plaza was once ordered to masturbate in front of a bunch of old men, she said.

The A-lister was still a supporting character actor when she was cast as Brandy Klark in The To Do List (2013). Plaza described approaching director Maggie Carey about a scene described as Brandy masturbates, asking what she should do.

Plaza says Carey told her: Masturbate, like it says in the script.

The actor recounted the experience during a 2013 interview with Conan OBrien that only recently resurfaced, shocking YouTube viewers. Plaza, who was still on Parks and Recreation at the time, said she envisioned a nice scene where you see my hand slowly go out of frame.

Thats what I thought, she told OBrien at the time. Thats what I thought I was going into. But then when I showed up, the camera was mounted on the ceiling, I was in my underwear and a Clinton T-shirt and there were a bunch of old men smoking. You know, the crew guys.

They werent smoking, but, my memory and then I went and touched myself, Plaza continued through laughter before turning more serious. I thought I was doing one thing and then, when I showed up, it was a whole different thing; it was a full-body shot.