Shailene Woodleyis revealing why she doesn’t have a problem with portraying intimacy onscreen.
The 29-year-old actress opened up toThe Hollywood Reporterin a new cover storyabout the several sex scenes she had to do for Drake Doremus' 2020 romantic dramaEndings, Beginnings,saying, “I’ve never felt uncomfortable doing intimate scenes because I’m very vocal.”
“I always sit down and talk with the director, the other actor,” she told the outlet. “We always have conversations of, ‘How are you planning on shooting it? Is nudity necessary? Is it going to distract from the scene, add to the scene?’ We know exactly what the boundaries are. And I’ve never been in a situation where those things haven’t been honored.”
Woodley starred inEndings, Beginningsportraying Daphne, a woman coping with a recent heartbreak with an unexpected love triangle, which includes multiple intimate moments. When dealing with those scenes, the actress said that she prefers to make the films realistic.
"Oftentimes in movies, you see two people having sex and the woman has her bra on, and in real life, I don’t think I ever did that, sex with a bra — or very, very rarely," she said.
Shailene Woodley and Callum Turner inThe Last Letter from Your Lover.STUDIOCANAL
Doremus commended Woodley’s ability to be direct, tellingTHRthat it’s a rare quality among contemporary actors.
“She’s not modern, she’s a throwback, like a French actress in the ’60s or something,” he said. “She owns her sexuality in a way that’s just so liberating and magical. She’s able to use her gut and her intuition a lot. She’s chill and easy and present and kind and thoughtful and humble. And just so not — I hate to say the word, but — actory.”
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Woodley is now preparing for the debut of her latest romantic role inThe Last Letter from Your Lover,starring alongsideFelicity Jones, Callum Turner,Joe Alwynand Nabhaan Rizwan.
Woodley toldEntertainment Weeklyin January that she was “inclined to say yes” to starring in the film “before [she] even read the script,” as she was excited to work withEuphoriadirector Augustine Frizzell.
“Then I read the script and it was really beautifully executed — I don’t feel like there’s a lot of movies that are told this way and are also executed in a way that’s thoroughly entertaining and intelligent,” she shared.
The Last Letter from Your Loverpremieres Friday on Netflix.
source: people.com
