In "Disobedience," which is based on the 2006 novel of the same name and opens in theaters on April 27, 2018, Rachel Weisz stars as Ronit, the black sheep of a London-based Orthodox Jewish community who is forced to confront her past when her father — a revered rabbi who exiled her after he caught her in a moment of passion with a female friend, Rachel McAdams' Esti — passes away before they've had a chance to reconnect.
The passionate reunion between Ronit and Esti — who is now married to Alessandro Nivola's Dovid, Ronit's other childhood friend and the late rabbi's protégé — has been hailed as one of the most passionate (yet least exploitative) love scenes between two women on the big screen.
But pulling it off was no small feat: The Oscar-winning actress, who developed the project as a starring vehicle for herself as part of her burgeoning career as a producer, told that in spite of ample preparation, shooting the explicitly choreographed scene was still plenty "scary."
Keep reading to see what else she told us about bringing "Disobedience," which currently has a 95 percent fresh rating with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, to the big screen…
