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Polone: Three Actors Reveal the Awkward Truth of Shooting Sex Scenes
By Gavin Polone

When many an actress or actor are asked on a talk show or in a magazine what it was like doing a sex scene in the project theyre promoting, they always respond with something like, Oh, my co-star is just so great and made me feel really comfortable, and the crew is so professional, blah, blah, blah, so it really isnt a big deal, just another day at work. Yeah, right. I don't think it is at all another day at work, which is why their agent probably negotiated detailed open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API

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language in their contract saying what could and could not be shown: It is very common to see deal terms in an actors contract such as, You can show breast but no nipple; above-the-waist and side of buttock only; and artist has approval of body double, if used. And I dont care how professional a crew is, I find it hard to believe it isnt awkward to be naked and get busy in front of them; otherwise, why would sex scenes always be filmed on a closed set, with only essential personnel allowed during filming? For me, it is incredibly uncomfortable to even watch a sex scene in a movie theater: I always make sure to allow myself no movement or facial expression when one unfolds, in case someone looks over at me and misinterprets my countenance or a shift in body position as an indication that Im deriving any kind of pervy/Paul Reubenslike pleasure from what is taking place onscreen I cant even imagine what it is like for the actors performing the sex scene to have to do that in front of even a reduced crew of union members, who may act impassive but certainly arent thinking that its just another day at work. So this week, I interviewed two actresses and one actor about their experiences with this odd area of filmmaking to find out what the experience is really like. To gain the most candid responses, I agreed to not use their real names, but I will say that they have all appeared in many films and you have most likely seen each of them onscreen a number of times. What was it like the first time you did a sex scene? Betty : I had to call at least four girlfriends, two sisters, and devote a therapy session to it, and of course starve myself for days leading up to it. And when I went to work that morning the wise costumer told me that I would be the most powerful woman on the set once I was naked, because there was probably no crew person willing to do what I was doing. I found that really encouraging. But after the first half-hour of shooting, anxiety and adrenaline gave way to boredom and by the time we came back to the scene after lunch, I hardly bothered putting on the robe between takes.

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Veronica: It wasn't just me and one other person, it was four of us in a group sex scene. Before we started, everyone had their bathrobes on and everyone was very tense. Right up to the point when they started to roll film, and when I would have to take my clothes off, I thought I was going to throw up. But once the director yelled action, I was fine. I wasn't even aware of set anymore, I was in the moment. After we finished it was awkward and I was thinking, Was his dick touching my leg, and where is my robe? Archie: The first time I had to do a sex scene was awkward, to say the least. The actress and I both had a crush on each other, but were too nervous to ever do anything about it. When it came time to shoot the scene, however, I got nervous, and as a result, never got an erection. Because we both secretly liked each other, the actress was furious at my lack of erection and took it like a rejection. Things were always a little dodgy after that between us. Have you ever been involved with someone romantically before you had to do a love scene together, or have you started a relationship with someone after shooting a love scene? Betty: I did have a huge crush on a guy I had onscreen sex with and we skipped lunch to rehearse the scene; we did not invite the director. And while I thought it was going to turn into a romance, he was trying to reconcile that week with his estranged wife, so it didn't. She ended up leaving him anyway for a big star, so we should've had our fling. It's possible, of course, that he was just not that into me. Veronica: Like all actors, I have had an on-set romance and have had a relationship with the actor with whom I was supposed to be in love with. If the producer and director have done their job well, they cast actors who have chemistry, so it makes it easy to fall for them. Archie: I once did a sex scene with a girl I had just started to date on the film

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we worked on. But it ended up being really awkward, because it felt like we were letting strangers into the bedroom. It also was odd because I became aware of the notion that we were just clich actors doing what was expected of us; and worse, the notion that both of us started the relationship more her, I know I'm pointing fingers in order to help our "performances." Have you ever done a love scene with someone whom you really didnt like? Betty: Yes. It was pretty gruesome. Like being in a bad relationship, thinking, What am I doing in bed with him? And it happened to be on a soap, so that's like being stuck in a bad marriage. Veronica: I have had to do sex scenes with people who on some chemical level I was repulsed by, and that was hard work. I had to do many sex scenes with a guy who was very nice but I was repulsed by him. It was really hard. The majority of the time you're not attracted to the people you have to have a sex scene with and it is tough. Archie: I have been fortunate to have never done a sex scene with someone I didn't like. However, sex scenes with someone you're not attracted to are pretty unpleasant, and not to be looked forward to at all. Have you or the person with whom youve been doing a scene ever become, uh, aroused? Betty: Not to mention any names, but one actor came on me during the take. I had to surreptitiously wipe myself off with the sheet. Fortunately, I liked the guy. I found it a little flattering and a little creepy. We never talked about it, so I can't tell you if it was Method acting on his part or if he just found me pretty, but I suspect I'm not the only actress who's had this experience. But I can tell you that twenty years later, when I run into him, my first thought is, There's

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the guy that had on-camera sex with my abdomen. Veronica: Usually when there is nudity involved there is no arousal, people are too freaked out. You're more likely to get acorn syndrome than anything else. Ive had instances when they've been clothed and got hard, but not while naked. And for me, I don't think there was an occasion when I was fully turnedon, but there have been instances where it was pleasant as opposed to me chocking back my vomit. Archie: Arousal during a sex scene, ironically or not, is pretty much the only thing that can make it truly enjoyable. It's hard to categorize it as "work" if you're lucky enough to attain this kind of Nirvana on a set. And usually, let's be honest now, who is going to be offended if someone knows they turn you on? Everyone's got an ego: especially actresses. The offense for many actors, I'll bet my boots, is actually when the actor fails to get aroused actors are already so insecure that for some, that's all the confirmation they need to realize the entire universe is pitted against them. Do you feel that it is unfair that when it comes to nudity, women are so much more exposed than men? Betty: I dunno. Men are sometimes as freaked having to go shirtless as women are getting naked altogether. For me, once I was down to my undies, or a string bikini, I might as well go for broke. What's a nipple or two between friends? Several times I'd be in some flesh-colored bodysuit or G-string, but they'd keep catching the edge of it on-camera, so I'd just take it off to expedite the filming process. Since I never did an X-rated movie, I trusted that whatever body parts they caught on film that they didn't want, they'd deal with in editing. But unfair? Probably, but there are so many unfair things about being a woman in film and other industries what's one more? Veronica: No, I guess not. Let's face it, for male nudity to be anything

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meaningful they have to show their dick. A woman doesn't have to go all the way for it to be a big deal. Guys have so much at stake: "Is it big enough, is it shaped well, is it all shrunk up?" It is harder for a guy to be aesthetically pleasing when naked, in my opinion. Archie: I don't think it's unfair that women show more nudity in movies at all. As a dude, the truth is that a man's package is way more, well, visible. You're never going to see much more than a bit of muff from a woman in a scene, and that is really little more than the coming attraction for what really lies beneath. On the other hand, once you see an actors dong, you've got a pretty good idea of the kind of firepower he's packing. Follow Gavin Polone on Twitter: @gavinpolone
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Moviehawk

May 29, 2012

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the idea that 2 people can simulate sex and say it doesn't mean anything is absurd. I've known actors (not famous mind you), the ones I knew admitted to me that while it was odd to have so many people watching you, it definitely meant "something". There is a reason the divorce rate in Hollywood is so astronomically high. Y ou can't lie on a bed with a beautiful woman (or vice/versa) repeatedly and expect to go home to your real partner and expect it to not get confusing. Countless actors meet their future boyfriends/girlfriends on set. It's routine in Hollywood. Ethan Hawke once said actors really weren't cut out for marriage. Although he didn't take his own advice (and re-married a few yrs back), he was right. This is not a moral judgement on my part. It certainly is not a religious viewpoint. The lifestyle itself is simply not conducive with marriage or a long lasting relationship. I could be totally in love with a woman, but if you put Angelina Jolie in a bed on top of me and she's almost totally naked, this is not a good recipe for my "real relationship". I don't care what type of denial actors want to live in. As I stated before, the incredibly high failure rate of relationships among actors, and the fact that many of them met on set, is proof enough. When I look at Jennifer Aniston I think to myself, what an idiot. This girl thinks she's going to find a long lasting relationship with another actor (while being one herself). Good luck sister. Ain't going to happen. If Aniston gets married again she'll be lucky if it lasts 5 years. 2 to 3 of which will be spent trying to prove a point to the world that it will last. Y ou have to make choices in life. If you're an actor or working musician who travels a lot forget it, marriage will likely never work for you. It may sound harsh, but it's the truth.

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Nov 18, 2012

@Moviehawk - THANK Y OU!!! At least there's one person who agrees with me about this topic. I'm with someone who feels that the idea of doing sex scenes is just work. I think that it's bulls***t to even respond in that manner. Should the need for him to do a sex scene and show flesh ever rears it's ugly head, then it's either the scene or me. Y ou can't have your cake and eat it too...

talleyl

Mar 26, 2012

". . .in front of even a reduced crew of union members, who may act impassive but certainly arent thinking that its just another day at work." As a former photo assistant, the very few times I was on a nude set, it may be uncomfortable for the first few seconds, but it QUICKLY becomes "just another day." All of those people have jobs to do, and are concentrating on that. Y ou may be thinking they're just standing around watching, it may even look like that's all they're doing, but trust me, if they're on that set, they have a job to do and that's what they're thinking about.

88crisosaurus

Mar 24, 2012

Ok no joke the sex scenes between Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo are by far some of the greatest I have ever seen. i was hard as a rock during the movie. I'm interested to see what they both have to say about their sex scenes. They were so gnarly during that i wanted to jump in even just to watch at close range.

12user34

Mar 23, 2012

Betty is Meg Ryan.

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aberkowi

Mar 23, 2012

I wonder if sex scenes produced for television are any less tense than for movies. I'm also curious, since a lot less skin can be shown on TV, do TV actors take more "precautions", like wearing fleshtone bikinis, than movie actors?

snaredrum

Mar 22, 2012

based on answers given on a TV show recently, i reckon i have about a 10% chance idea of knowing who Archie is. wish i knew who Betty was though!

KDMz

Mar 22, 2012

Can't remember the last sex scene I saw that was actually erotic. My old man had a name for these things: "Asses and elbows."

soma

Mar 22, 2012

Veronica could be Amber Heard--didn't she have a four-way in The Informers and has done a lot of sex scenes, I think.

cicelyand

Mar 22, 2012

@soma - Probably. She has 2 sisters and she was in Zombieland, which Palone produced. But then she said, "20 yrs later when I run into him. . ."- but maybe that's a hypothetical, future scenario? Okay, I'm logging off now before I hurt my brain trying to figure out who these 3 people are.

Tfor2

Mar 22, 2012

I am a nudist. I never did see signs of sexual arousal at a nudist site. Nudism as such
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is sex free, and in a way boring. Which is why every single person, actors, crew members, writers, assistants, should be naked when shooting sex scenes. "Closed set" signs should be replaced with "Set open to nudists only." Here in Topanga, the entire town was invited to the local nudist site one day, and everybody happily removed their clothing, even though they were not required to. As a director, I have on more than one occasion when working on an emotionally raw play, suggested that at the start of rehearsals everybody take off their clothes get it over with - put them back on, then start work. Naked means physical as well as emotional and mental. That's what acting is, and getting past blocks, hangups, is always the main problem. BTW, the above story does not separate sex scenes in mainstream films from porn. Apples and oranges if you ask me. Finally, any show incorporating sex tells you more about the personal sex life of the audience member than the actor.

cloudshoveller

Mar 22, 2012

The majority of sex scenes in movies are very unrealistic and not very sensual or erotic. I can see why actors would not find them arousing if the audience doesn't either. Y et, other directors/actors capture the emotion and circumstances beautifully. Very interesting what 'Betty' said regarding; it can be as intimidating for a man to remove his shirt as it is for a woman to bare all.

westie1984

Mar 22, 2012

In the Parks and Rec season 3 bloopers, Chris Pratt gets a boner in one scene from being slapped by Aubrey Plaza.

MyNameHere

Mar 22, 2012

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Who wouldn't?

trainerbarry

Mar 22, 2012

I would happily take care of that for him.

Whatshisname

Mar 21, 2012

The thing I don't understand is why they do sex scenes at all. It almost never has anything to do with the story. I don't need to see other people having sex. If some loser needs visual stimulation, it's available 24/7 on the internet. Leave it out of the movies.

theocanada

Mar 21, 2012

@Whatshisname - it's real life though. the problem is we don't see things like pooping and clipping toenails. those are real life! we should see absolutely everything people do cause there can't be nuance!

LGato

Mar 23, 2012

While I GENERALLY agree with Whatshisname's point about the relative irrelevance of many sex scenes, I would point out to readers here one massive exception: The Lover. Jane March and Tony Leung's several sex scenes were both incredibly hot and absolutely integral to the story. Remember seeing the film with my then-mistress at the Paris on 59th and the moans from the audience--and they were not moans of pain, by any means--were memorable.

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Mar 21, 2012

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kim cattrall???

internet_gangsta

Mar 21, 2012

Wait, wait, wait. How does one actor just accidentally come on another on set? And no one noticed? What kind of movie was this, exactly?

Miss_Priss

Mar 21, 2012

@internet_gangsta - Are you talking about when Betty said that an actor "came" on her once?

internet_gangsta

Mar 21, 2012

@Miss_Priss - Y ep.

lpycb42

Mar 22, 2012

Well some people are exhibitionists and get aroused by it. Besides, it takes some guys just a bit of dry humping to get there...

jclammer

Mar 21, 2012

Everyone who enjoys movies, thinks wow, are they lucky or what, making out, naked together, 2" from the camera lens and crew, need to go take an acting class. Sooner or later, in the class, will come a scene involving kissing aka acting-at-kissing. It will be an experience you will never forget. From then on, you'll know why sex scenes are the most uncomfortable scenes to actout. Try it. Everyone should, once.

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First_and_Ten

Mar 22, 2012

@jclammer - an acting class or a fake sex scene?

timeye

Mar 21, 2012

Who ever is in charge needs to say in the contract, you are doing a sex scene or nude scene, you will do the scene, and we will show what we want. Y ou do not like that, then go make your millions in another movie, a G one maybe. Everybody else, get over your damn self, or go help your therapist pay their bills. Good grief.!!!

Qualito

Mar 21, 2012

Great article. I amused myself trying to guess the actors. The guy is from the UK or Australia, that's all I know for sure. And this, "It's hard to categorize it as "work" if you're lucky enough to attain this kind of Nirvana on a set." FINALLY made me understand in a visceral way what it means to be "in the moment" of a scene for an actor. Y ou're living life in front of a camera, so you don't care what happens, it's all part of life and what you're trying to show about it. Satori from an article on sex scenes. Who knew? Though, I have to say, I don't see the point of 90 percent of the sex I see onscreen. Nudity makes sense because so many of us are in are private moments. But sex scenes just seem to be a cheap way for a writer or director to show intimacy or lack thereof. That's fine, but it seems overused. And, honestly, we almost never show people using the bathroom onscreen, and that's a part of life, so why all the sex scenes? I don't need to see two actors faking orgasm
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for me to understand they're in love or lust. A well written script should do that.

crabtreeacres

Mar 21, 2012

@Qualito - please, God, no bathroom scenes. let art not imitate life on that one.

MkII

Mar 21, 2012

Actually, far too many films do show bathroom scenes. Makes me ill. Also the prevalence of vomit scenes where the actual (fake or real?) vomit is shown. Completely unnecessary to make the point, but does often lead me to turn off the movie.

Miss_Priss

Mar 21, 2012

Just as I suspected. They aren't really acting. It really can't be considered "acting" unless you are repulsed by the person you're having pseudo sex with. Cheap-ass actors.

trainerbarry

Mar 21, 2012

I'm with Polone. Sex scenes on screen make me highly uncomfortable. And usually they do nothing to advance the plot. My proof? They get cut when the movie is shown on broadcast TV. Y ou could normally go right from them getting into bed to sharing a post-coital cigarette and would never miss anything. And this is from someone who can't get enough of Fassbinder's or MacGregor's peens. (Visually, anyway.)

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Mar 21, 2012

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@trainerbarry - Oh, that's a PERFECT point. Well said.

bigbags500

Mar 21, 2012

Two actors whose dongs are both hugely overrated. (Any gay men in the house who agree? Sorry I must be a slut, I've seen a lot better and bigger in my day.)

lpycb42

Mar 22, 2012

@bigbags500 - Bigger, maybe. Prettier, IDK. Ewan's dong is very goodlooking. I've seen some beautiful penises in my life.

Qualito

Mar 23, 2012

@bigbags500 - It's not about size. It's about the fact they're so natural and uninhibited, staying in character and not worrying about how it looks. Well, outside the fluffing they obviously do before shooting.

aberkowi

Mar 23, 2012

Kevin Bacon wins this contest pants down. He almost never shows off in a sex scene, it's usually coming out of a shower, my favorite!

tallrobert

Mar 21, 2012

No comments from Reggie, Moose or Jughead?? I, for one, am disappointed.

trainerbarry

Mar 21, 2012

@tallrobert - They're busy in a three-way and couldn't be reached for

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comment.

MyNameHere

Mar 22, 2012

With his attitude, you'd think Reggie is trying to compensate for some "shortcoming." Y ou don't what to see what Moose is packing, and as for Jughead, how do you think he got that name?

stuyman

Mar 21, 2012

I was thinking Betty could be Marissa Tomei... soap opera, filmed several nude scenes in movies around 20 years ago, among them, with Christian Slater and Robert Downey Jr., both method guys. But she only has a younger brother.

MyNameHere

Mar 22, 2012

@stuyman - Like the opening minutes of Before the Devil Knows Y ou're Dead? (At least Ms. Tomei doesn't have to look at Philip Seymour Hoffman whilst he's doing his thing).

hoyagirl05

Mar 21, 2012

Is sex always awkward when you don't like or not attracted to the person?

notinnyc

Mar 21, 2012

Fake-ity, fake, fake. Those are the most well spoken, similar sounding 'actors' I have ever heard.

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Mar 21, 2012

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So NY Mag is doing blind items now?

bigbags500

Mar 21, 2012

@dignell - It's like a crossword puzzle or Sudoku, people across the Web are probably trying to piece together all the itsy-bitsy clues to find out who these characters really are.

77BC

Mar 21, 2012

'Archie' is definitely a Brit. 'Betty' is a tad older and probably Uma Thurman or Natasha Henstridge or someone like that. I've got nothing on 'Veronica'.

anny

Mar 21, 2012

@77BC - Unless he was trying to mess with us! How dodgy.

tommynooka

Mar 21, 2012

do british people say 'dude' and 'dong'? its an honest question, im a foreigner.

Because_I_Can

Mar 21, 2012

@tommynooka - No, and 'he's packing' certainly isn't something a Brit would say.

Qualito

Mar 21, 2012

@tommynooka - If they're under 40 and have lived in LA or been around

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Americans long enough, yes, certainly. It's a bit of slang. Not hard to pick up and use if exposed to it constantly. Or, as MIss Priss wrote, they're Australian. Which seems more likely to my mind.

Miss_Priss

Mar 21, 2012

@77BC- I was going to say he was Australian. The "bet my boots" comment set off my alarm.

EdsRevenge

Mar 21, 2012

Oh man, just when I thought my adolescent crush on the girls of Riverdale High was permanently in remission, I had to go and read this article...

yourcrowbar

Mar 21, 2012

I'm not sure if I agree with the beginning of the article. As far as I remember, most actors respond to the question "How hard were the sex scenes?" saying something like, "Y eah, it was pretty awkward." Even when the actors say that the other person was very professional/a friend, they still keep the "sex scenes are awful to do" talk.

Josh Wolk

Mar 21, 2012

@yourcrowbar - Believe me, I've written plenty of these articles, and though awkwardness is hinted at, it's always couched in jsut how supportive everyone was. And every fifth one has a story about how the director came in without pants or something to show that he was in it with them.

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yourcrowbar

Mar 21, 2012

@Josh Wolk - Now I'm picturing Kubrick pants-less. It's funny and awful at the same time.

Josh Wolk

Mar 21, 2012

@yourcrowbar - It was actually in reference to McG. And he wasn't even directing a nude scene, he just likes to work free and easy. [CY A disclaimer: This is a joke. McG is only the most pantsed of professionals.]

Fleurdamour

Mar 21, 2012

@yourcrowbar - The obelisk.

Qualito

Mar 21, 2012

And do you know why? Because they don't want to come off like they're doing porn or make the film they're promoting all about those scenes. So they downplay it, make it professional, try to take the titillation factor out of it. It's smart. Look what happened to "Eyes Wide Shut" when all the media could talk about was the sex. And how could it NOT be awkward? As I wrote, these are not porn actors. And I don't care how exhibitionistic an actor is, they're insecure as hell by nature. I can't imagine having to dissociate myself Method style to get out of my own head about being naked in front of Teamsters, director, and co-star, having to, at some point, gyrate against him/her and looked sexually enthralled, possibly with enacted
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orgasm. And then it's lunch!

trainerbarry

Mar 21, 2012

@Qualito - With Fassbender it would be lunch AND dinner. Heh heh heh.

Sharipep

Mar 21, 2012

So are we all going to play the fun game of guess who!?

Nickysix

Mar 21, 2012

@Sharipep - I know, rigtht? The one with the most clues is Betty, but I still have no idea. Here's a synopsis if anyone is bored and feels like doing research: 1. Has at least 2 sisters 2. Worked with an actor who was estranged from his wife and whose wife eventually left him for a 'big star' 3. Had at least a recurring role on a soap opera 4. Was working at least 20 years ago.

Sharipep

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - Maybe Betty is someone like Sharon Stone? Not her per se but someone in her age bracket... I can't think of any -relatively recent- male movie stars who stole another man's woman, which is basically what Betty is implying. Right?? haha this is juicy!

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Mar 21, 2012

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@Sharipep - Susan Sarandon? She's in the right age range, has eight siblings, was on a soap called "A World Apart"...

ewallace

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - Meg Ryan dumping Quaid for Russell Crowe?

Sharipep

Mar 21, 2012

@ewallace - Meg WAS on a soap, and she did kinda sorta have an affair with Russell Crowe ... don't know if she has any sisters. So who is Betty, the actress that had a sex scene with and crush on Dennis Quaid?? I don't know enough of his movies to know which one he might have had a sex scene in....

trainerbarry

Mar 21, 2012

@Sharipep - Sean Y oung?

stuyman

Mar 21, 2012

@Sharipep - @ewallace - on second thought, Meg ryan does have two sisters... she was on a soap, she's got plenty of early 90s sex scenes.

cakemascara

Mar 21, 2012

Ellen Barkin. tasteful sex scene with Dennis Quaid in The Big Easy, 1986.

adamalpha

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - Julianne Moore?

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stuyman

Mar 21, 2012

@adamalpha @sharipep @ewallace, I think you're thinking too big. I'd try and think about who Plone could speak to about these things. I'd start with looking at who NY Mag has done interviews with recently.

Seanti69

Mar 21, 2012

@adamalpha - I think she only has one sister (and a brother)

nolaguard13

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - I think Betty is British. That "dunno" did it for me.

dandyclaire

Mar 21, 2012

@nolaguard13 - i know plenty of people who are american who say "dunno" including myself

BlueDahlia77

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - My vote for Betty is Julianne Moore. She got started on 'As the World Turns'.

Ladydedlok

Mar 21, 2012

@Nickysix - Wow, you have your Sherlock on! Well done!

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Mar 22, 2012

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@Nickysix 20 years ago sounds like a lot long time, but if an actress started at 18-19, she'd only be nearing 40... putting Betty in a category less Sarandon and more Selma Blair-Gwenyth Paltrow (both 39) With that in mind, Jennifer Garner (also 39) dumped Scott Speedman in 2003 for Ben Affleck. Her cute kids had wiped this from my memory, but old speculation/agreement is that she cheated and it was messy. Scott Speedman's tv-heavy IMDB profile is also full of likely candidates. Particularly well-qualified is Sarah Calke: acting since a child, in a number of things you could call a soap, has two sisters, and Scott started played her boyfriend on scrubs the year before his divorce. So.. that proves nothing, but maybe it'll light some fires in other people to keep the hunt alive! Now I'm going to pretend it's not sad I spent an hour putting that together... and instead feel proud of my sleuthing skills, even if I'm crazy off-base.

papadoop

Mar 22, 2012

@kafern - Foley, not Speedman.

MyNameHere

Mar 22, 2012

@papadoop - I'm a straight guy, and Jen Garner is a particular favorite, but I might "cross the aisle" for Scott Foley.

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trainerbarry

Mar 22, 2012

@kafern - Wasn't it Foley, then VARTAN, THEN Affleck?

Cherchezlafemmeus

Mar 23, 2012

@kafern - Actually, she cheated on Scott with Michael Vartan, and then dumped him once Ben Affleck was free of J.Lo.

Izumichan

Mar 24, 2012

@Nickysix - I'm guessing Elizabeth Mitchell for Betty. She has two sisters, acted with Dennis Quaid shortly before Meg Ryan hooked up with Crowe, was on the soap 'Loving' in 1994.

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Mar 21, 2012

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