Hollywood stars who got aroused on-set – Jen Aniston’s co-star ‘protrusion’ to Joe Jonas

Though it might not happen quite as often as you’d think, plenty of Hollywood stars suffer embarrassing moments of arousal while filming raunchy scenes.

According to one intimacy coordinator, though, such scenes are often so unsexy that it’s hard to get turned on at all amid gruelling, hours-long shoots.

But accidents do happen – as Jennifer Aniston’s co-star Jake Gyllenhaal discovered amid his own ‘protrusion’ fears when filming a racy scene for The Good Girl.

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He’s not the only one. Plenty of stars, from X-Men actor James McAvoy to EastEnders alum Danny Dyer, have experienced awkward blunders at inopportune moments.

Daily Star takes a look at some of those red-faced incidents.

Jake Gyllenhaal

While filming some saucy scenes for The Good Girl with Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal was left red-faced playing a discount store colleague who decided to spice up his life by undertaking a spicy affair.

He opened up about the experience on Howard Stern’s radio show, with the host asking: “You did a movie with Jennifer Aniston. The movie was called The Good Girl.

“And you have even said, gee I had such a crush on Jennifer for years, and all of a sudden I ended up in these romantic scenes with her. It was torture for you, as an actor?”

Jake candidly confessed: “Oh yeah, it was torture. Yes it was, yes. But it was not torture. I mean, come on! It was a mix of both.”

Howard then pressed him: “Did you say to Jennifer Aniston, ‘Listen Jennifer, I’m not trying to be rude here, but if you’re feeling something, a protrusion or anything, I can’t control…’ Did you have that conversation?”

Laughing, Jake quipped: “Yeah, just like that. I said ‘protrusion’ or whatever.”

It looks like the star narrowly avoided a mishap, as Jake admitted: “Weirdly, love scenes are awkward because there are maybe 30, 50 people watching it. Maybe if you have a closed set, it’s less. That doesn’t turn me on. So most of the time it’s oddly mechanical.”

James McAvoy

X-Men alum James McAvoy confessed to The Times that he’d suffered from “the merest hint of an erection” on more than one occasion.

He explained: “I’ve had the merest hint of an erection a couple of times.

“It’s usually so uncomfortable that it’s more about making it look like you’re really going for this person, while convincing the person that you’re not having a good time.

“While at the same time not making them feel like you’re saying ‘Don’t worry, I’m not enjoying it, because you’re f***ing stinking!’”

Henry Cavill

Even with superpowers, it’s not always possible for actors to avoid on-set embarrassment.

Superman star Henry Cavill confessed to Men’s Fitness back in 2015: “[An erection] has only happened to me once, and it was very embarrassing.”

It was during filming for The Tudors, and the star branded sex scenes “acutely uncomfortable”.

He explained: “A girl had to be on top of me, she had spectacular breasts, and I hadn’t rearranged my stuff into a harmless position. She’s basically rubbing herself all over me and, um, it got a bit hard.”

Henry added: “I had to apologise profusely afterwards. It’s not great when you’re in a professional acting environment, and somebody gets a boner, is it? No, not acceptable.”

Ewan McGregor

While filming BBC play Scarlet and Black, Ewan McGregor had to battle with a state of arousal which left him cringing.

He explained of the incident: “I had to lie on top of her and they kept on pulling back the sheet.

“They wanted to see my naked bum and her naked thigh, so we couldn’t wear any underwear. It was very embarrassing. It was a case of, ‘Cut! We’ll go again.’ I calmed my [erection] down, and we just got on with the scene.”

Michael Vartan

While filming a sex scene with the legendary Drew Barrymore for Never Been Kissed, Michael Vartan was left red-faced by his giant crush on his co-star.

And things soon went awry, as he confessed at a reunion with Drew: “So, I get up to the mound, we embrace and we start kissing, and you really kissed me. I mean, you really kissed me.

“I was not ready for it in the least, and I’m a man, I was a very young man back then, and I had uh, feelings.”

He added: “The feelings were, they just happened, and I very quickly realised I was in a very bad spot because I was wearing very loose sort of like slacks and I thought, ‘This is going to be a disaster when they cut, I must preemptively end this.

“So what I did, in a panic, I just yelled cut, and bent over and said, ‘Oh guys, sorry, my back, I put my back out playing ball.’

“Anyway, I went off into my corner and finally I was able to compose myself, and luckily the subsequent scenes went on without a hitch.”

Liev Schreiber

During filming for 1994 flick Mixed Nuts, Liev Schreiber admitted to getting the “best erection of his life” while filming alongside Steve Martin.

The actor was forced into a dancing scene with Steve, and later revealed: “I sort of chuckled to myself, ‘Boy would this be inappropriate if I became aroused’.

“Nothing could’ve been more inappropriate, so of course I get probably the best [erection] I’ve ever had in my life. I’m mortified because we haven’t even shook hands yet, and every time he spins me it’s thwack into his leg.”

Joe Jonas

The Body Moves music video is racy enough even without knowing that Joe Jonas got a “halfie” during filming.

Opening up during a Reddit Ask Me Anything, he confessed: “There was definitely some half chubbing going on during the video.

“I wouldn’t say a full blown boner, but I would say a halfie.

“I mean, it’s kind of hard not to in that situation, especially when you’re trying to be intimate, and also they put us in an elevator, me and Charlotte McKinney, who I’m sure Reddit is very familiar with.

“They put her in an elevator with me, and then they had kind of a hidden camera filming this whole time, and I had a great time doing the video.”

Danny Dyer

EastEnders alum Danny Dyer might have faced his fair share of drama in the BBC soap, but his film career has also been marred with embarrassing moments.

The star was filming with Gillian Anderson for Straightheads – and ironically his character was supposed to be struggling with erectile dysfunction.

He confessed on the Unzipped podcast: “I did a film with Gillian Anderson and in the scene I couldn’t get it up.

“In real life I was aroused.”

Host Russell Kane asked if Gillian noticed, to which Danny responded: “Of course she did!”

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