The actor, who starred as James Cook on Channel 4's teen drama during his teenage age, also admits that he felt 'very compromised' filming those intimate scenes.
- Dec 13, 2022
AceShowbiz - Jack O'Connell has opened up more about filming teen drama sex scenes. In a new interview, the 32-year-old says he has felt "very compromised" filming sex scenes for his role as wild James Cook on Channel 4's teen drama "Skins" aged 17.
The "Lady Chatterley's Lover" actor added he was "very naive" when he filmed intimate encounters. He told The Independent on Monday, December 12, "It's hard to say that you're ever totally comfortable (filming sex scenes). Listen, I admit I was very naive at the time, enough so as to not check in with myself and question myself if I was feeling comfortable or not. It just felt like part and parcel of the program in a very different time than the one we're in now."
Adding the film industry has improved when it comes to sex scenes, Jack, who appears nude alongside Emma Corrin in the new Netflix version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover", said, "I think what's important is that them discussions are being had to make sure that whatever was happening (on) that wasn't right, it seems, is addressed and doesn't repeat itself. You feel very compromised and if you don't feel that you're protected in that environment, it can be very unnecessarily daunting."
Jack and Emma worked with intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien on "Lady Chatterley's Lover", with the 32-year-old actor admitting, "My career definitely predates the intimacy coordinator age." He has stripped on stage in a 2017 West End production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and in prison drama "Starred Up".
He said about going naked for parts, "Still, there's always going to be nerves. But listen, if it's going to push the story forward then that's that. Words to the effect of, if it can't be avoided, just crack on with it."
Emma, 26, who uses the pronoun "they," has spoken about the freedom of filming naked scenes with Jack in "Lady Chatterley's Lover", telling The Cut, "I'm so glad that it didn't feel like gratuitous nudity. We spoke about that a lot when we started rehearsing. We always wanted any sex scene, or any part of the film, to be totally justified in their experience, and also to evolve."
