He claimed that he didn’t need much assistance after appearing in a number of intimate scenes
An actor that is famous primarily for being in several sex scenes in Netflix films has spoken about one shocking aspect of him shooting them.
Michele Morrone is best known for his breakout role in 365 Days, as well as its sequel, with the raunchy 2020 film getting a huge amount of attention for its explicit sex scenes and questionable script.
A different take on a genre that was made so popular by 50 Shades of Grey, Morrone thrived in the role, and is back playing a character with a bit more depth, but in similarly intimate scenes.
Subservience trailer
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This time though, in a 2024 film that has also been distributed on Netflix, he stars opposite Megan Fox, who plays an android that looks to take control of the family, resorting to violence, after she has been hired to help around at home.
Titled Subservience, Fox is back with director SK Dale, who she worked with on Till Death, though communication between the actress and director became crucial when filming the initimate scenes between the robot and the father, played by Morrone.
The character turns to the robot for help at first when his wife falls sick, though this becomes a sexual relationship as time goes on, as the android goes as far as to blindfold Morrone’s character and put on his wife’s voice while getting hot and heavy.
Director Dale highlighted that a ‘safe environment’ was key when filming these scenes, in an interview with toofab.
The actress is back as a killer robot (XYZ Films)
In sex scenes, the actors would swap places while on top of Morrone, as his imagination took over while the android was doing the work, and explained that the scene was ‘like an action sequence and storyboarded it all out.’
Intimacy coordinators were used to ensure that everyone was comfortable, though Morrone recalled his experiences on the set of 365 Days, insisting that he ‘did not need’ one to Metro.
“I did not need an intimacy coordinator to help me… Of course, it’s an important person to have on set for the other actors and for people who work backstage, it helps us all, but personally, no, I don’t need anyone,” Morrone highlighted.
The actor went on: “I like to build up a character and a scene the way I imagined it in my mind and how I like to work the script.”
His wish didn’t come true on Subservience though, as intimacy coordinators are more or less a staple in modern-day Hollywood.
Morrone previously claimed that he doesn’t need an intimacy coordinator on set (XYZ Films)
While Morrone said that prosthetics were used for scenes in 365 Days, it’s unclear how they were filmed in Subservience.
Dale went on to praise them in their involvement with the actors in the latter, saying: “What I really liked about the intimacy coordinators within the prep of it all was they would ask questions that were story driven.”
He recalled: “Like, ‘Okay, how aggressive is this intimate scene? How, how essential is it? Is there kissing? How, if there is kissing, is it kind of pashing [Australian slang for a passionate kiss] or just pecking?”Featured Image Credit: XYZ Films
Topics: Netflix, Film, Sex and Relationships, Celebrity
Joshua Nair
Published 16:57 1 Apr 2024 GMT+1
Liz Hurley’s son admits filming his mum’s sex scenes felt ‘normal’
Damian Hurley has inherited his mother’s love for the movie industry
Signing up for sex scenes is brave as it is, but agreeing to get down and dirty with a fellow actress while your son is sat behind the camera lens surely means that Liz Hurley is downright dauntless.
The Austin Powers actress, 58, said it felt ‘liberating’ to work so closely alongside her only child, Damian, on his directorial debut which is due to be released later this week.
She is starring in upcoming thriller Strictly Confidential, alongside the likes of CBBC star Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, Genevieve Gaunt, Pear Chiravara and Max Parker.
The film follows the journey of a ‘haunted’ young woman who finds herself ‘drawn into a world of seduction, duplicity and betrayal’ as she desperately tries to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding her best friend’s suicide.
Take a look at the trailer here:
Strictly Confidential – Official Trailer
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The seduction part really comes into play during a scene with Pear, as she offers Liz‘s character a drink before giving her a super passionate snog and sliding off her clothes.
Needless to say, you’ll have to watch Strictly Confidential to see how that turns out.
Seen as though you’ve got a few days of breathing room until it releases on demand and in select US cinemas on 5 April, why don’t you sit and stew on the fact that Liz’s son Damian is the person who both wrote and directed the raunchy scene?
That’s right, the 21-year-old was the one guiding his mother and her co-star on where to put their hands and how to nuzzle into each other’s cleavage.
It’s an unorthodox approach to family bonding, but very Hollywood all the same.
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Although a lot of movie lovers reckon the mother-and-son shooting a sex scene together is pretty weird, both Liz and Damian think there’s nothing wrong with it.
The Bedazzled star previously told Access: “The things that his script needed me to do weren’t necessarily things I’d always done in movies many times.
“But having him there meant that I felt safe and looked-after, and I knew in (post production) he’d look after me.
“So actually it’s kind of liberating to work with your family. I may do it again.”
Her son shares the exact same sentiment as his movie star mum and even went as far to say the whole thing felt ‘normal’.
The aspiring filmmaker – who counts Hugh Grant, David Beckham, Elton John and Denis Leary as his godparents – revealed that he also is the person behind the camera when Liz is posing for sexy bikini shots to upload to social media.
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Speaking to The Times, Damian explained: “I hate to say that it [filming the sex scene] felt totally normal. I don’t know what that says about us.
“It’s business. We don’t think about it for any more than point, press, done, post,” he added while discussing snapping pictures of his mum in swimwear.
“I was speaking to a lot of my friends who are also second-generation of parents in the industry,” Damian continued.
“They say exactly the same thing: that things to outsiders that may seem totally strange and extraordinary, for us we’ll just have grown up with in everyday life.”
How the other half live, eh?
But all in all, it sounds like Liz and Damian had an absolute blast being on set together, although he did acknowledge that the ‘power dynamic’ between stars and directors can be ‘complicated at the best of times’.
He told People: “It was a joy to come to work and tackle each day together.
“We only had 18 days to shoot the whole film, so our twin-like telepathy was invaluable throughout.”Featured Image Credit: Isa Foltin/Getty Images for Marcel Remus/Lionsgate
