Awkward (and embarrassing) truths behind famous movie and TV sex and kissing scenes
From strange objects to cover private parts to inopportune reactions. These are some of the things that happen on a set when its protagonists take off their clothes to the shout of Action!
Filming sex scenes can often be uncomfortable for your leads and is rarely as sexy as it looks on screen. For starters, there are cameras and a large number of production people watching the moment, which prevents it from being a relaxed situation. However, on many occasions, the actors achieve some privacy.
Rather than letting go, they are under the orders of the directors who mark them a choreography in which each movement is measured to the millimeter. In these scenes there is no room for improvisation. But despite being all under supervision, unexpected things can happen.
Some stars have revealed their most awkward moments in these kinds of situations. These are some anecdotes and stories behind these scenes, some uncomfortable and others not so much.
Emilia Clarke and Jason Momoa in "Game of Thrones"
The sex scene between Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones wasn't subtle at all. However, according to Emilia Clarke, Jason Momoa relaxed the tense atmosphere behind the camera when he appeared with a pink sock that covered his private parts.
Instead of getting into position for the scene, Clarke suffered a fit of laughter.
Henry Cavill in "The Tudors"
The historical drama The Tudors became popular for its explicit sex scenes. But filming them was not as fiery as one might imagine. Henry Cavill, whom we all know now as Superman, had a difficult time on set.
In an interview with Men's Health magazine, Cavill said that a sex scene was turned on by his partner and he had an erection. "He was on top of me, he had spectacular breasts and I hadn't put my things in the right position and it got a little difficult." And he added, "I had to apologize later. It's not acceptable."
Jennifer Lawrence in "Passengers"
Despite her extensive film career, Jennifer Lawrence filmed her first sex scene with Chris Pratt in the film Passengers in 2016. It was not easy for the actress to pretend that she was having sex with Pratt, a married man back then.
"I got drunk. But then that led to more anxiety when I got home, because I was like, 'What have I done? I don't know.' It was the first time I had kissed a married man, and guilt is the worst feeling. in your stomach, "he confessed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Anne Hathaway in "Love and Other Drugs"
Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal shared their fair share of sex scenes in Love & Other Drugs, a comedy-drama directed by Edward Zwick, in which Hathaway plays a young woman with Parkinson's disease.
Apparently, the actress was a little ahead when it came to getting into character and experienced an embarrassing moment on location: "I had to take off my coat and be naked. I thought we were filming, but it turned out that we were just rehearsing," she revealed. Hathaway. "I was unnecessarily naked in front of a lot of people."
Robert Pattinson in "Maps of The Stars"
For Robert Pattinson things got pretty awkward as he filmed a steamy intimate scene in a limousine with the experienced Julianne Moore.
"She was literally trying to catch beads of sweat to keep them from hitting her back! Then she said, 'Are you having a panic attack?' It was so embarrassing, "recalled the protagonist of the Twilight saga to Heat magazine.
Margot Robbie in "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Margot Robbie has become one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood. Since her performance in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013 under Scorsese, the actress rose to fame and was even nominated for an Oscars. Precisely in that movie, Robbie did a total nude that left everyone speechless and several played sex scenes with DiCaprio.
Robbie did not hesitate for a second to get out of her role to ask her partner to move from her place, because he was located in the light that corresponded to her and then he pushed him with his elbow.
She imagines DiCaprio's disorientation at such a moment: "He was so stunned that I had just physically moved him out of my way, that he was like 'did you really do that?'"
Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore in "Chloe"
A very long scene, very uncomfortable, they had a hard time and only endured it thanks to their sense of humor… "It's something weird even when you're with someone for the first time in real life." This is how Seyfried described the lesbian sex between her and the co-star in the film.
Kate Winslet in "Revolutionary Road"
In Revolutionary Road, the adaptation of the novel by Richard Yates, reunited, for the first time after Titanic, Kate Winslet and DiCaprio. The "problem" is that the director was Sam Mendes, then married to Winslet. And it was extremely strange for her to shoot love scenes with DiCaprio in the presence of her now ex-husband.
Ryan Reynolds was left blank because of Olivia Wilde
The comedy The Change-Up wasn't as fun for Ryan Reynolds as it was for us, at least during one scene he shot with Olivia Wilde, in which all he did was completely forget the lyrics. "In the scene, she's sitting there, she takes off her shirt, her bra and she had those stickers (to cover her nipples), but she had drawn those adorable smiles on top. And I forgot all my lines."
Jamie Dornan in "Fifty Shades of Gray"
In an interview, Jamie Dornan revealed that for some sex scenes, he used a small bag for her intimate parts, thus avoiding brushing against his partner, Dakota Johnson. But when he chose the accessory, he noticed that it said "prisoner # 3", which means that it had already been worn by an extra ...
Dave Franco's ass played a trick on him
The movie Neighbors meant one of the most uncomfortable moments for Dave Franco, that the day he had to shoot a scene in which he showed himself naked he discovered that he had a huge pimple on his butt, and he had to beg one of the makeup artists to hide it. However, Franco took it with humor when recounting the small setback. "I had to go to the makeup artist that I also met that week and say, 'Can we go to the other room and literally put makeup on my butt?'
