Armie Hammer's Short Shorts Were A Real Ball-Ache For The 'Call Me By Your Name' Post-Production Team

Let's just say the mouse came out of the house.

If you’ve seen ‘Call Me By You’ll Name’, you’ll know that Oliver, played by actor Armie Hammer, loved a pair of short shorts. 

Well, it turns out they proved to be a bit of a ball-ache for the critically lauded film’s post-production team... literally.

That’s because they had to digitally remove his testicles from certain shots of the movie after some unfortunate wardrobe malfunctions.

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Armie Hammer
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During an appearance on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, Armie told host Andy Cohen there was a surprising amount of time spent working on his crotch in the edit. 

“There was a few times where they had to go back and digitally remove my balls from the movie, yeah,” he said.

“They were short shorts. What’re you gonna do?”

Andy interrupted: “Armie Hammer has big balls is what you’re saying?”

Director Luca Guadagnino added: “No, no, I’m not just saying it. We had to remove them!”

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Armie's character loved a pair of short shorts

‘Call Me By Your Name’ tells the story of high school student Elio (Timothée Chalamet), who falls for 24-year-old Oliver (Armie Hammer) in the summer of 1983. 

The film has already become a hot contender for next year’s Oscars, though its stars have had to speak out about the controversial age-gap, after some claimed it was predatory in nature.