Advertisement

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...

Share this article

18.27 21 Aug 2020


Has Coronavirus brought an end to sex scenes?


Listen to this episode


Share this article

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.


Read more about

Casablanca Chelsea Peace Classic Movies Coronavirus Covid19 Directors UK Filmmakers Global Pandemic Intimacy Scenes John Fardy Movies And Tv Screen Time Sex Scenes

Related Episodes

Calls grow to slash school uni...

00:06:01

Calls grow to slash school uniform costs

Newstalk Breakfast

00:06:01


Calls to raise the age of crim...

00:06:11

Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 

Newstalk Breakfast

00:06:11


Young people across Ireland ca...

00:02:52

Young people across Ireland can apply for one of 40,000 free travel passes

Newstalk Breakfast

00:02:52


Hospitals cancel almost one mi...

00:07:56

Hospitals cancel almost one million appointments in four years 

Newstalk Breakfast

00:07:56