Hollywood star Henry Cavill has admitted he “doesn’t understand” sex scenes, declaring: “I’m not a fan.”
The Superman actor spoke out against gratuitous scenes that only benefit the audience, rather than the plot of a movie. He made an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast alongside Argylle director Matthew Vaughn.
Speaking of sex scenes, Henry, 40, said: “There are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience… [but] I think sometimes they’re overused these days. It’s when you have a sense that you’re going, ‘Is this really necessary, or is it just people with less clothing on?'”
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The Netflix hunk went on: “That’s when you start to get more uncomfortable and you’re thinking, ‘There’s not a performance here. There’s not a piece which is going to carry through to the rest of the movie.'”
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He’s not completely against sex scenes, though, adding they “can be great in a movie” and “really help with the storytelling”. However the muscular chap went on: “Most of the time, human imagination is gonna trump it.
“And so I think it can be a little bit of a cop-out if a TV show or a movie is just filled with gyrating bodies and you’re going, ‘Okay, but what is this doing for us apart from the idea of, ‘Oh, naked person, great’?”
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It’s not the first time Henry has spoken of sex scenes – although his previous comments were very different. He admitted to getting aroused during one scene while filming The Tudors.
Speaking to Men’s Health back in 2015, Henry confessed: “It’s happened to me once… and it was very embarrassing. A girl had to be on top of me, she had spectacular breasts, and I hadn’t rearranged my… stuff into a harmless position.
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“She’s basically rubbing herself all over me, um, it got a bit hard. I had to apologise profusely afterward.
“It’s not great when you’re in a professional acting environment and somebody gets a boner, is it? No, not acceptable.”
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