Frank and sensual scenes are not easy. The audience must believe what is happening, but not all actors are ready to do it in front of the camera. For many, it is easier to resort to the services of understudies than to have sex with an unfamiliar partner on the set. But there are also daredevils who do everything on their own and are not at all embarrassed. We propose to study the list of actors and actresses who were filmed in bed scenes for real: in which film, what kind of genre of the picture and with a description of the scene.
Shia LaBeouf and Stacy Martin
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I 2013
- Genre: Drama
"Nymphomaniac" became one of the most sensational films not only in 2013, but in general in the history of cinema. The story of a woman who admits her psychological and physical dependence on sex contains a huge number of explicit scenes. In the bold and sensual film by Lars von Trier, there were no stunt doubles, and actor Shia LaBeouf even got a role in the film after showing the director photos of genitals and home videos. Thus, he tried to prove to von Trier that he was the one he needed for "Nymphomaniac".
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe
Antichrist (2009)
- Genre: Drama, Horror
Lars von Trier and his projects are always somewhere on the verge of genius and shocking. "Antichrist" is not only a picture of how the devil created the world, but also a sea of violence and sex. The performer of the main role Charlotte Gainsborough, in real life a respectable wife and mother, was forced to take part in explicit scenes without any understudies. Rumor has it that the director just started this rumor in order to increase the already high interest in the scandalous film.
Eva Green, Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel
The Dreamers 2003
- Genre: romance, drama
The Dreamers is the story of three teenagers who discover their sexuality while the whole world is overwhelmed with turmoil and revolutionary ideas. They do not leave the apartment and their house is the only reality that they recognize. The plot is based on a highly explicit novel by Gilbert Adair. The film turned out to be, to put it mildly, shocking. It's scary to imagine what would have happened in the end if the director had not removed the most explicit scenes between Louis Garrell and Michael Pitt. However, even without them, there are enough bed scenes in The Dreamers, and all of them are filmed in real time without any understudies.
Al Pacino
Cruising 1980
- Genre: Drama, Detective, Thriller, Crime
Al Pacino is a genius actor whose films are always eagerly awaited. But there is a picture in his track record that is banned from viewing in many countries and received the main anti-award of the film world, "Golden Raspberry". However, many people say that the film just came out "at the wrong time and in the wrong place."
The film begins with a lengthy sex scene that ends in murder. Al Pacino's hero must investigate the murders of the LGBT community. In order to catch a maniac, he needs to fully enter the image of a homosexual. He must stop despising the victims, think like them and become one of them. Director William Friedkin did his best to make Al Pacino imbued with the image of his character, and together they went to real places for the LGBT community.
Robert Pattison
Echoes of the Past (Little Ashes) 2008
- Genre: Biography, Romance, Drama
Robert Pattinson decided to prove that he is capable of being not only a youth idol, but also a serious actor. The film "Echoes of the Past" is the story of the Spanish bohemia of the 1920s. Pattinson got the role of the young Salvador Dali in it. Having learned that, according to the script, his character should masturbate in one of the scenes, Robert decided that he could do it right on the set. Thus, if someone wants to spy on how a famous Hollywood actor does it, he just needs to watch Echoes of the Past.
Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo
The Brown Bunny 2003
- Genre: Drama
"The Brown Rabbit" by Vincent Gallo became one of the brightest foreign scandal films of the beginning of the century. The story of motorcycle racer Bud Clay is literally teeming with bed scenes, some of which are absolutely not imitation. Chloe Sevigny did indeed make love to Vincent Gallo right on the set. But even this did not save the film - the actor was forced to publicly apologize to the audience of the Cannes Film Festival for his creation.
Catherine de Lehan and Dmitry Storozh
Their First Night (Nuit # 1) 2011
- Genre: Drama
Despite the fact that there are no Russian films on our list, there are enough European films with real bed scenes. "Their First Night" was the debut directorial project for Anne Emon, but the Frenchwoman immediately took the bull by the horns and showed the audience real sex. Nikolai and Klara get closer physically on the very first night, but emotional rapprochement is much more difficult than physiology. All the subsequent time they spend talking about the meaning of life, but will there be such a violent psychological connection between them?
Oren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour
Lie with Me 2005
- Genre: romance, drama
The candid Canadian drama "Sleep with Me" details the story of the relationship between the free and sexy Leila and the aggressive, insatiable artist David. The film is replete with sex scenes that were shot without stunt doubles. Unlike many of the films in this collection, the picture was highly appreciated by film critics, who noted that this is not pornography, but a film about the emotions of people who are truly in love with sex.
Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox
Intimacy 2000
- Genre: romance, drama
Initially, the main characters were only interested in free sex on Wednesdays. In their relationship there were no unnecessary words and revelations. Everything changed when one of the partners wanted to know more about his mistress, and he began to spy on her. All bed scenes are not imitations, and that is why Gary Oldman refused the main role in "Intimacy".
Adam Chubbuck, James Ballard, Eddie Daniels, Stephen Jasso, Wade Williams, Tiffany Limos
Ken Park 2002
- Genre: Drama
After Larry Clarke shot his scandalous film "Kids", it seemed to the audience that he showed the world everything. But Ken Park was an even bigger revelation. The outrageous director decided to create an erotic drama about several families, in which teenage and adult problems are closely intertwined. All of the adult actors in the film actually did THIS on camera.
Mickey Rourke and Carre Otis
Wild Orchid 1989
- Genre: romance, drama
Wild Orchid is considered a classic erotic film. The frank drama about the sexy millionaire Villera and his beautiful young partner Emily made Mickey Rourke and Carr Otis famous overnight. There were no stunt doubles on the set and all of the couple's intimate scenes were real. After the film started at the box office, Mickey Rourke, like an honest man, married his partner.
Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton
Monster's Ball 2001
- Genre: romance, drama
Monster Ball also refers to films where the actors did it for real. The film tells about a dynasty of executioners pressing the main switch during the execution, and about the personal life and experiences of the protagonist, Hank. Halle Berry received an Oscar for this film, as well as a sexual experience with one of the most brutal Hollywood actors, Billy Bob Thornton.
Mick Jager and Anita Pallenberg
Performance 1970
- Genre: Crime, Drama
According to critics, there is too much sex, drugs, bisexuals, androgens, rock 'n' roll and revelation in this film - which is why "The Show" has not been censored for two years. The special piquancy of the film about a gangster and a rock star was added by the moment that Mick Jager, who played in it, makes love in the frame with a friend of his colleague in the group. Keith Richards was very upset with the situation - after all, they did everything for real and without understudies, but over time he forgave Jager.
All the actors of the movie "Caligula" 1979
- Genre: history, drama
If the official term "historical pornography" were introduced, Tinto Brass's picture would fall under this definition first. "Caligula" is one of the most sensational films where the actors really had sex. The Roman emperor Caligula is associated with many not at all with rule and achievements, but with vice and immorality, therefore it is quite logical that at the last moment, in secret from the director, scandalous erotic scenes were placed in the picture.
Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Adam Hardman, Suk-Yin Lee
Shortbus Club (Shortbus) 2006
- Genre: romance, drama
The Shortbus Club is a filmmaker's attempt to explore contemporary relationships through the lens of sexuality, politics, music and art. In order to play in the film, the actors needed to tell the director about their most important sexual experience. Only those who surprised John Cameron Mitchell could take part in the film and agreed to shoot intimate scenes without understudies.
Kieran O'Brien and Margot Stilley
9 Songs 2004
- Genre: for adults, music, melodrama
A chance meeting at a rock concert ends with violent sex. The main characters simply cannot tear themselves away from each other. Director Michael Winterborg relied on a high-quality soundtrack and real bed scenes in the film. This, however, did not stop the film from gaining the title of "overtly pornographic" after its debut screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland
Don’t Look Now 1973
- Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Our list of actors and actresses who starred in bed scenes for real: with the film, genre, scene description, unexpectedly ends with a horror movie. The film "Don't Look Now" was so saturated with an eerie and psychologically difficult atmosphere that director Nicholas Rogue decided to dilute it with something unexpected. I must say that he succeeded one hundred percent - he forced the actors who played the main roles to make love. On the one hand, Rogue added spice to the mystical thriller, on the other hand, he saved the viewer from the feeling that the characters only do what they argue.