Dave Franco had to do a graphic sex scene in a toilet with his wife Alison Brie in their new horror movie Together, and now details of the sensitive scene have now emerged
Actor Dave Franco and his co-star said no to an intimacy coordinator for a sex scene in their new movie.
And it’s understandable, given that his co-star is his wife Alison Brie and they’ve been married for over 13 years. The pair play lovers on screen for the first time in their brand new horror movie Together, directed by Michael Shanks.
The movie follows troubled couple Tim [Franco] and Millie [Brie] who move to the country amid tensions in their relationship. Unfortunately, things go very wrong and, as IMDB puts it: “An encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh.”
One graphic scene in the movie sees the pair have sex in a toilet when things take a turn for the worst. After the romp, Tim is unable to pull himself apart from Millie and the pair get stuck before they manage to free one another.
Director Shanks told The Hollywood Reporter that they used a prosthetic to show them yanking Tim’s penis free. He revealed an intimacy co-ordinator was on set but it was decided they didn’t need one.
Dave and Alison said they felt they didn’t need one for the scenes as they’ve been together for years and felt so comfortable with one another physically. They told LADBible: “Well we’ve been together for 13 and a half years… we did make sure to talk to the crew around us to make sure they were comfortable.”
Brie said: “The idea was that we knew we were very comfortable with each other physically and we talked about it separately before bringing that to the set and just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page.”
Intimacy co-ordinators are experts who help the cast and crew on films and TV shows shoot intimate scenes. They are on hand to ensure everyone involved in the scenes feels safe, comfortable and informed about what’s going on.
Franco and Brie had to spend hours stuck together using prosthetics during the shooting of the film – they even had to go to the toilet together in real life. Brie admitted the experience with her husband Franco was “a journey” that gave them a lot of laughs.
“Probably our longest day connected… There were really two days that we were really physically connected, and the longest day was almost, was over 10 hours. At first, it’s kind of fun and funny, and we’re watching it come together, and it looks cool, and then we’re going to the bathroom together, and that’s kind of funny.”
But the most challenging scene involved her straddle Franco on a chair whilst they were connected. Franco said it was a good thing they were a real couple as they were able to bypass any of the niceties and let each other know when they needed to re-adjust their position.
Franco and Brie were relieved at how different they are to their characters in the movie, who deal with a ton of relationship problems. He said they would go home from set and feel thankful that they don’t have “any of the issues” that their characters have.
Together is in UK cinemas August 15.
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