'What It Feels Like for a Girl' stars Calam Lynch and Jake Dunn discussed the challenges of filming queer sex scenes in their new BBC series. The show, based on Paris Lees' memoir, follows queer life in early 2000s Nottingham. Lynch and Dunn emphasized the need for safety and comfort during intimate scenes, describing the experience as intense and sometimes sobering. Actors shared personal strategies to manage vulnerabilities, highlighting the importance of a supportive environment on set.
It can feel very sobering, quite quickly. I actually [needed] to take my shirt off in rehearsal so that when we actually record it, I [wasn't] petrified.
Intimacy was always on a knife edge. Day one, you've got to go there and feel safe with each other.
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