Actor Mark Rylance regrets making the 2001 erotic film Intimacy.
Mark, 64, revealed his regrets over making the erotic drama in which he starred opposite Kerry Fox. The movie featured an unsimulated fellatio scene by Kerry on Mark and full frontal nudity.
The star was initially intrigued by director Patrice Chereau”s vision but as the film was met with a lot of backlash, Mark has since decided that it wasn’t worth it.
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In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, the Oscar winner said: “‘Intimacy’ was the most difficult job I’ve ever had. I was convinced it was a vital story about the difficulties people face finding intimacy in a big city like London. Hanif Kureishi’s writing couldn’t have been more intimate and revealing, but I found the making of the film and the subsequent publicity and personal attacks very, very painful. I wish I hadn’t made it.”
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In Intimacy, Mark starred as a nightclub worker who abandoned his faimly as his wife lost interest in him. He goes on to meet a woman every week for no-strings-attached sex, however, he later discovers she is having an affair behind her unknowing husband’s back.
At first, their relationship is purely physical, but he develops an emotional attachment to her, though she ends up telling him that she will not leave her family and won’t see him anymore.
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The actor was cast in the title after filmmaker Chereau saw him in ‘Cleopatra’ at the Globe. Intimacy went on to win accolades including a top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. However, it also received backlash from some reviewers. In a previous interview, Mark confessed: “It was disturbing. I thought how easily I could have been that guy.”
In a 2015 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mark claimed that the scenes put stress on his marriage. He told the publication: “It soured me on my life two months. It’s my mistake, but I felt Patrice [Chéreau] put undue pressure on me on set to do that. And at that point I didn’t have the confidence as a film actor to say no. Now I think a lot of actors that people say are difficult are actually just being sensible.”
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