Simulated Sex Scenes In Movies

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Are these famous sex scenes real or fake? You be the judge.
It should come as no surprise that steamy sex scenes are a given in most (if not, all?) R-rated movies. But if an actor reveals a body part other than the standard butt or nipple—or if, heaven forbid, there's a shot that features a stray penis or pubic hair—all hell breaks loose, at least, in the eyes of the Motion Picture Association.
That said, some intrepid Hollywood filmmakers have tried to capture real sex on camera before, and a handful of brave actors have copped to having legit PIV sex on screen. As a porn star and director , I feel uniquely qualified to weigh in on the verisimilitude of my favorite Hollywood sex scenes, so here are my favorite sex scenes that are rumored to be un-simulated (and the ones that 1000% totally were).
In this indie Canadian flick, two young people have sex. Again and again and again. In fact, there's so little plot because the movie is just one long sex scene. And the scenes are, in fact, very much real. "The actors trusted me implicitly," director Clement Virgo said at the time. "We never had the conversation, 'You're going to have sex.' But it couldn't be fake touching. It had to be truthful. If I believed what they were doing, I'd keep shooting. If I didn't, I'd stop shooting. But it was too embarrassing to say, 'Give a blow job.'"
Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, the controversial Antichrist tells the story of a couple grieving over the loss of their toddler. The film opens with an explicit sex scene and it features a few close-up shots of penetrative sex (which featured body doubles and not the original actors). The plot is incredibly disturbing, so it's probably for the best that the sex isn't exactly real, but Gainsbourg's acting is incredible—you truly feel her grief and insanity.
This European sexploitation classic features hardcore penetration and in-your-face fellatio, which was performed by the actors/actresses in this movie and not by body doubles. The plot is kind of difficult to follow, but here's what I could gather: the main character's rich brother is dead and there's some sort of evil nun, all of which leads to lots of blowjobs. I'll allow it.
Helmed by French director Gaspar Noé, this movie was initially released in 3D, so one can only imagine how awkward (or awesome) that theatergoing experience was. In any case, there is so much explicit sex in this movie . There’s everything from romantic sex to drug-fueled sex to, of course, a giant orgy—and according to its cast, it was all totally unsimulated.
I don’t know how Noé found such a horny cast, but then again, it’s a French movie. And if there is anything I have learned from the research I have done for this story, it’s that everyone in French movies has a lot of sex, to the point where I'm not sure how anyone has time to do anything else. Why do I live here again?
A quirky and clever movie that follows Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee) as she embarks on a quest to have her first orgasm, Shortbus feels sort of like the NSFW prequel to Girls. Director John Cameron Mitchell once said that he had his actors have unsimulated sex because he wanted to “employ sex in new cinematic ways, because it's too interesting to leave to porn." Which is sort of rude to porn, but no matter — the sex is well-shot, and it looks like the actors are having a ton of fun. stream it here
This romantic film documents a 12-month rendezvous with a couple (Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley) that loves sex and rock and roll. They watch live music, they go on mini-vacations, and they bone. They are definitely #blessed, and you're just so happy for them the entire time that you can’t stop smiling. Plus, there's a beautiful, sun-lit cunnilingus scene involving a blindfold.
There’s a lot of hot sex in this movie. Carré Otis, who plays an inhibited lawyer, has a bunch of incredibly hot scenes with then-boyfriend Mickey Rourke. In fact, director Zalman King had to remove a scene in the theatrical release to ensure it had an R rather than an X rating, which was rumored to be an unsimulated sex scene. Otis has denied the rumors , but if you watch the scene (which lives on today on tube sites), there's some very genuine chemistry there.
One of the most infamous movies of all time, The Brown Bunny features an unsimulated oral sex scene between Chloe Sevigny and star/director Vincent Gallo. The movie got terrible reviews across the board, and the quality of the sex scene is no exception. It's grainy and awkward, with poor camera angles, and Gallo spends the entire time holding onto his shaft, out of either embarrassment of the size or the fact that he wasn't fully erect. Now that I'm a porn director and I've seen probably 17,000 on-camera blowjobs, this pales in comparison.
Like Antichrist, Don't Look Now is about a couple (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) grieving the death of their child. While that doesn't sound like the sexiest plot in the world, the movie sensitively depicts how death affects a relationship—and in this case, it leads to very intense sex. For many years, it was rumored by people on set that Christie and Sutherland had unsimulated sex. Sutherland has denied it, but either way, this is some really serious softcore Skinemax action.
Directed by Lars von Trier (hey, the man likes shooting insane sex scenes), Nymphomaniac obviously features tons and tons of sex. But honestly, it's less sexy than a depressing glimpse into the life of a sex addict: one minute, you might want to go out and sleep with the next stranger you meet, and the next you might want to take a long, hot shower. Von Trier has stated that the film uses porn performers as body doubles for the actors, and that prosthetic vaginas were used in the sex scenes as well. But the double-penetration scene with Charlotte Gainsbourg and two African brothers named Papou and Kookie looks about as real as a DP gets.

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It is a strange thing when you think about it: films have long had fight and stunt coordinators to make the simulation of violence and dangerous situations both look realistic on screen and to protect the actors involved in the scenes. Yet, simulating sexual scenes is often done without expertise and often in very inappropriate ways that can and have seriously affected those involved. Here is how that is changing for the better.
Coming to you from The Atlantic , this fascinating video discusses the evolution of how sex is simulated in theater and on screen, as well as the historical issues and how intimacy coordinators have helped to change how things are done to better protect the well-being of those involved. It doesn't take much searching to find many examples of actors and actresses left with lasting mental, emotional, and even physical trauma after poorly or even abusively directed sex scenes, with some directors even taking advantage of their fear and surprise to evoke real reactions. Thankfully, that sort of behavior is changing, and the film world is recognizing the need for better and more respectful methods. Check out the video above to see how that's happening.
Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.
I always think it's weird when they simulate sex on a TV show.
1. They mostly keep their clothes on while having sex, which seems silly and breaks the believably barrier taking me out of the show.
2. What are they trying to do with this scene? It isn't porn and I don't think that the viewer is looking for porn. It isn't adding to the plot other than informing the viewer that these two characters did it. You can do this without the silly looking sex scene.
3. Is this scene intended to excite me? You know about the porn on the internet, right? It's more silly than sexy on a TV show.
It just makes me wish that the scene was over so we can go on with the show. I think that most of the time, it is just wasted screen-time because they think they are supposed to put it there. Maybe it's just me.
Nope. Not just you. If I want to see sex, I'll watch porn. If they want me to think two people are having sex, they'll have sex. Simulated sex always looks simulated. And silly.
100% agree
But what you write is mostly typical of US American shows.
I've decided I don't want to be a movie star.
I don't think simulated sex is any good.
ummm Body Heat, 9 1/2 Weeks, Risky Business? There are a lot of great simulated sex scenes that also were believable, consensual and non abusive.
The way the Americans and Europeans simulate sex scenes is really different. I never understood how Americans could have children while they kept their underwear and panties to make love....
It's all for the sensors, which makes the scene ridiculous. It seldom adds to the plot, so leave it out.
I've always hated sex scenes. They're so uncomfortable when you're watching a film with friends and family. More often than not everyone in the room is staring at each other looking for reactions. The older the actors the weirder it gets. Really young actors, it's creepy as all hell. Sends a pretty clear "the director's a perv" message no matter how skillfully and appropriately it's captured.
A well executed kiss or touching is good enough to get the point across. Same as implied violence tends to be more effective than explicit depictions. It's not about being prudish. It's just sex scenes are so awkwardly staged and shoehorned in that it negatively impacts story and pacing. It's really unsexy.
the biggest takeaway that also applies to still photographers is advance consent. In Last Tango In Paris both director Bertilucci and male lead Marlon Brando had discussion of how the sex scenes with the butter would physically play out and left Maria Schneider out of them and in the dark until it was physically sprung upon her during shooting. They basically raped her on camera. Other sexually explicit non porn films do have lots of real unstimulated non-penetrative contact on film however the performers were informed about it before they were hired and consented to be a part of it. Even women who do hard core porn are contesting to the sex on film so it is not abusive.
Talk to your models before you book them. Do not spring surprises on them during a shoot and pressure them to comply with levels of nudity or depictions of sexuality that had not been informed of in advance.

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Sex scenes are pretty common in most R-rated (or even PG-13) mainstream Hollywood movies. But if an actor reveals a body part other than the standard butt or nipple — or if, heaven forbid, there’s a shot that features a stray penis or pubic hair — all hell breaks loose.
That said, some intrepid Hollywood filmmakers have tried to capture real sex on camera before, and a handful of brave actors have copped to having legit PIV sex on screen. As a porn star and director , I feel uniquely qualified to weigh in on the verisimilitude of my favourite Hollywood sex scenes, so here are my favourite sex scenes that are rumoured to be unsimulated (and the ones that 1000% totally were).
Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, the controversial Antichrist tells the story of a couple grieving over the loss of their toddler. The film opens with an explicit sex scene and it features a few close-up shots of penetrative sex (which featured body doubles and not the original actors). The plot is incredibly disturbing, so it’s probably for the best that the sex isn’t exactly real, but Gainsbourg’s acting is incredible — you truly feel her grief and insanity.
This European sexploitation classic features hardcore penetration and in-your-face fellatio, which was performed by the actors/actresses in this movie and not by body doubles. The plot is kind of difficult to follow, but here’s what I could gather: the main character’s rich brother is dead and there’s some sort of evil nun, all of which leads to lots of blowjobs. I’ll allow it.
Helmed by French director Gaspar Noé, this movie was initially released in 3D, so one can only imagine how awkward (or awesome) that theatergoing experience was. In any case, there is so much explicit sex in this movie . There’s everything from romantic sex to drug-fueled sex to, of course, a giant orgy — and according to its cast, it was all totally unsimulated.
I don’t know how Noé found such a horny cast, but then again, it’s a French movie. And if there is anything I have learned from the research I have done for this story, it’s that everyone in French movies has a lot of sex, to the point where I’m not sure how anyone has time to do anything else. Why do I live here again?
A quirky and clever movie that follows Sofia (Sook-Yin Lee) as she embarks on a quest to have her first orgasm, Shortbus feels sort of like the NSFW prequel to Girls. Director John Cameron Mitchell once said that he had his actors have unsimulated sex because he wanted to “employ sex in new cinematic ways, because it’s too interesting to leave to porn.” Which is sort of rude to porn, but no matter — the sex is well-shot, and it looks like the actors are having a ton of fun.
This romantic film documents a 12-month rendezvous with a couple (Kieran O’Brien and Margo Stilley) that loves sex and rock and roll. They watch live music, they go on mini-vacations, and they bone. They are definitely #blessed, and you’re just so happy for them the entire time that you can’t stop smiling. Plus, there’s a beautiful, sun-lit cunnilingus scene involving a blindfold.
There’s a lot of hot sex in this movie. Carré Otis, who plays an inhibited lawyer, has a bunch of incredibly hot scenes with then-boyfriend Mickey Rourke. In fact, director Zalman King had to remove a scene in the theatrical release to ensure it had an R rather than an X rating, which was rumoured to be an unsimulated sex scene. Otis has denied the rumors , but if you watch the scene (which lives on today on tube sites), there’s some very genuine chemistry there.
One of the most infamous movies of all time, The Brown Bunny features an unsimulated oral sex scene between Chloe Sevigny and star/director Vincent Gallo. The movie got terrible reviews across the board, and the quality of the sex scene is no exception. It’s grainy and awkward, with poor camera angles, and Gallo spends the entire time holding onto his shaft, out of either embarrassment of the size or the fact that he wasn’t fully erect. Now that I’m a porn director and I’ve seen probably 17,000 on-camera blowjobs, this pales in comparison.
Like Antichrist, Don’t Look Now is about a couple (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) grieving the death of their child. While that doesn’t sound like the sexiest plot in the world, the movie sensitively depicts how death affects a relationship — and in this case, it leads to very intense sex. For many years, it was rumoured by people on set that Christie and Sutherland had unsimulated sex. Sutherland has denied it, but either way, this is some really serious softcore Skinemax action.
Directed by Lars von Trier (hey, the man likes shooting insane sex scenes), Nymphomaniac obviously features tons and tons of sex. But honestly, it’s less sexy than a depressing glimpse into the life of a sex addict: one minute, you might want to go out and sleep with the next stranger you meet, and the next you might want to take a long, hot shower. Von Trier has stated that the film uses porn performers as body doubles for the actors, and that prosthetic vaginas were used in the sex scenes as well. But the double-penetration scene with Charlotte Gainsbourg and two African brothers named Papou and Kookie looks about as real as a DP gets.
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