When you’re an actor, filming a sex scene is complicated. From modesty patches to prosthetic genitals, the erotic scenes you see on screen are more like choreographed performances than actual sex. That’s why some actors just prefer to keep it real — very real. Robert Pattinson and Chloë Sevigny have both admitted to doing real on-screen sex acts — and you won’t believe which other actors have done it too.
“Sex scenes can be quite awkward,” Michael Fassbender has said, while Keira Knightley once divulged, “I did a couple of shots of vodka beforehand.”
Meanwhile, Mila Kunis revealed, “I mean, regardless there’s like 150 crewmen watching and you see each other’s bits and pieces. The whole thing is just wrong.”
Henry Cavill, who got “a bit hard” after an actress with “spectacular breasts” simulated a sex scene with him in The Tudors said, “It’s actually acutely uncomfortable being naked in a roomful of people. The very last thing it is is sexy.”
The only person to seemingly admit sex scenes can actually be, well, sexy is Amanda Seyfried. She once explained, “Sex scenes are great. A lot of my costars have been sexy guys my age, and so, why not? I’m not going to pretend it’s not fun.”
LAUREN LEE SMITH HAD REAL SEX IN THE FILM LIE WITH ME.
"Let's face it, at some point in any actor's career, you have to get naked — whether physically, emotionally or mentally,” she told The Vancouver Sun. “This movie offered me the chance to do all three at once."
KERRY FOX GAVE REAL ORAL SEX IN THE FILM INTIMACY.
"I absolutely have no regrets and it's one of the best pieces of work I've ever done," she said. "You can't have any regrets in this job — what's the point? It's a fruitless waste of time to think like that."
ROBERT PATTINSON MASTURBATED IN THE FILM LITTLE ASHES.
“[Faking it] just doesn’t work, so I pleasured myself in front of the camera. My orgasm face is recorded for eternity,” he said in Interview magazine.
CHLOË SEVIGNY HAD ORAL SEX IN THE MOVIE THE BROWN BUNNY.
“What’s happened with that is all very complicated. There are a lot of emotions,” she said. "I’ll probably have to go to therapy at some point. But I love Vincent [the director]. The film is tragic and beautiful, and I’m proud of it and my performance. I’m sad that people think one way of the movie, but what can you do?”