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Ruth Wilson has again spoken out against her former television series The Affair<\/a>, criticising the production for sex scenes she describes as \u201cdesperately awkward\u201d.<\/p>\n The series aired on US network Showtime and Sky Atlantic here in the UK, telling the story of an adulterous relationship between novelist Noah Solloway (Dominic West) and waitress Alison Bailey (Wilson).<\/p>\n Though the series earned praise from critics, including two Golden Globe wins and an Emmy nomination, things were not healthy behind the scenes.<\/p>\n As a result of her discomfort, Wilson left the show before its final season, which saw True Blood<\/a> and X-Men alum Anna Paquin take her place as the female lead.<\/p> In the years since the show concluded, Wilson has repeatedly slammed the production for its allegedly thoughtless approach to intimate moments, which she claims would fall short of today\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n Wilson told The Sunday Times<\/a>: \u201cSince MeToo\u2026 intimacy coaches are really scientific about sex scenes. But before nothing would be said. It would be about making it up as you go along.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one wanted to discuss [sex scenes], so the actors were invariably left to create something on the day and that\u2019s desperately awkward. It\u2019s a horrible place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n She added \u201cIf something doesn\u2019t feel authentic, in the context of something like a sex scene, it can start to feel exploitative. And that was happening on\u00a0The Affair a bit. Now I\u2019m working as a producer we have the space where if you\u2019re feeling a bit uncomfortable we can talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> has reached out to representatives from Showtime for comment on this matter.<\/p>\n Intimacy coaches have become commonplace in recent years, with I May Destroy You<\/a> star Michaela Coel among the names who have strongly advocated for the importance of their work<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wilson currently stars in the HBO fantasy drama His Dark Materials<\/a>, where she plays the villainous Mrs Coulter, a performance which earned her the Best Actress award from BAFTA Cymru.<\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Monday, 28 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ruth Wilson has again spoken out against her former television series The Affair, criticising the production for sex scenes she describes as \u201cdesperately awkward\u201d. The series aired on US network Showtime and Sky Atlantic here in the UK, telling the story of an adulterous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Monday, 28 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ruth Wilson has again spoken out against her former television series The Affair, criticising the production for sex scenes she describes as \u201cdesperately awkward\u201d. The series aired on US network Showtime and Sky Atlantic here in the UK, telling the story of an adulterous…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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