Maggie Gyllenhaal is 'really proud' of her love scenes and doesn't shy away from showing off her body
She's never shied away from giving it her all for her craft.
And Maggie Gyllenhaal revealed to The Sunday Times that she is 'really proud' of her love scenes.
The 41-year-old actress shot to fame after her breakout role in Secretary, and has since won incredible accolades in the industry for her acting abilities.
The Deuce star — who has daughters Ramona, 12, and Gloria, seven, with husband Peter Sarsgaard — is happy to flash the flesh on screen so long as she is given the 'final cut' of what is seen but rarely asks directors to make any changes.
'I am 41 and I've spent nearly 20 years doing love scenes, intim@te ones and unusual ones,' she said. 'I've always been really proud of that work.'
Maggie portrayed a young woman who was recently released from a mental hospital and pursued a job as an assistant for a s-xually-charged boss in 2002's flick Secretary.
'I'm happy to shoot almost anything, I'm happy to show a lot of my body, but I want to have the final cut of what ultimately gets shown,' she said. 'And I never in my entire career, except once, asked to have something taken out.'
For her role in The Deuce — which follows the lives of s-x workers in the '70s — Maggie worked with the wardrobe department to create a barrier for somewhat intense romantic scenes.
They used a yoga mat which was 'cut into a shape like a giant matchstick' and a pillowcase in order to feel more comfortable during the more intim@te scenes.
'It's not so much the nudity that bothers me, it's actually creating a real boundary between me and the actor,' she said. 'They give you things to wear, but they weren't enough, so we created this thing!'
The second season of the HBO series was directed almost entirely by women and Maggie admitted that was a deliberate move in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
'I think it takes a conscious interest and effort to take a feminine point of view when you are living fundamentally in a masculine world.'
