Sir Sam Mendes said actress Olivia Colman was embarrassed to perform sex scenes in his upcoming film Empire of Light alongside her younger co-star but he had wanted to see the characters’ ‘physical desire’.
, as is often the case. You’re seeing people at their rawest, at their most emotionally vulnerable.
Colman recently admitted to feeling mortified after a remark that Ward made to her while they were filming a sex scene.‘There was one particular moment when I was astride Micheal in a compromising and slightly embarrassing situation and he said, “It’s my mum’s birthday today”,’ Olivia recalled on‘When he said she was 43, I was like, “Okay, stop talking!”.’
Director Sam Mendes with stars Olivia Colman and Toby Jones and producer Pippa Harris ahead of the Empire of Light gala screening on Sunday The director also said that he felt the cinemagoing era was ‘dying’
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