{"id":46641,"date":"2024-02-26T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1998692"},"modified":"2024-02-26T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:39:58","slug":"joanna-lumley-sex-scenes-bore-me-rigid-theyre-rude-and-horrible","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/joanna-lumley-sex-scenes-bore-me-rigid-theyre-rude-and-horrible\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Lumley: \u2018Sex scenes bore me rigid \u2013 they\u2019re rude and horrible\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I\u2019d cut them altogether.” <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 26 February 2024 at 21:00 PM<\/p>

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Joanna Lumley has shared her dislike for sex scenes in television and movies, admitting she finds them \u201crude and horrible\u201d, and it is something she has always spoken out against.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, the actress asked about her hatred for performing or watching sex scenes, to which she said they \u201cbore\u201d her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second you take your clothes off, the audience looks at you, the actor, and your attributes \u2013 what your breasts and genitals are like,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Lumley previously wrote in her 2004 memoir (as per The Guardian<\/a>): \u201cOh, everybody stripped\u2026 we all had to take at least our tops off in something.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was standard, and it was this, \u2018You\u2019re not a real actress unless you take your top off.’\u201d<\/p>

\u201cNobody liked it, like nobody likes intimate kissing or sex scenes,\u201d she told The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cAll this ghastly stuff we have to pretend to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve immediately lost the character you\u2019ve built,\u201d she told Radio Times magazine<\/strong>. \u201cThere\u2019s a playground element to it \u2013 pull your pants down and let\u2019s see what you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d cut them altogether. They slow things down. They\u2019re rude and horrible. I don\u2019t watch people on the lavatory!\u201d<\/p>\n

Lumley\u2019s hatred for sex scenes is no secret, with the actress previously revealing that she finds them \u201cintolerable\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re revolting,\u201d she said during an interview on Talk TV. \u201cI don\u2019t know why people write them, and I don\u2019t know why we watch them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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