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Has Coronavirus brought an end to sex scenes?

Filmmakers in the UK were told to ditch sex scenes and think of other ways to shoot intimate scen...

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18.27 21 Aug 2020


Has Coronavirus brought an end to sex scenes?


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18.27 21 Aug 2020


Filmmakers in the UK were told to ditch sex scenes and think of other ways to shoot intimate scenes to protect actors from Coronavirus. Directors UK, the professional association for screen directors in Britain, suggested taking inspiration from classics like Casablanca, from back when sex on screen was forbidden.

So, could this be the death of sex scenes?

Mark cagney was joined by John Fardy, presenter of  Newstalk's Screen Time and intimacy coordinator Chelsea Peace to discuss this.


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