While “Bridgerton” is known for its steamy sex scenes, Season 3 lead star Nicola Coughlan asked for even more sultry moments onscreen.
The actress told Stylist (via Buzzfeed) that she wanted to be “very naked” for a particular scene in the latest Netflix season.
“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” Coughlan said of working with intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot. “There’s one scene where I’m very naked on camera, and that was my idea, my choice. It just felt like the biggest ‘fuck you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body; it was amazingly empowering. I felt beautiful in the moment, and I thought, ‘When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how fucking hot I looked!'”
She added of collaborating with Talbot, “You go, ‘Ok, what do I want to show? What don’t I want to show? What’s scripted,...
The actress told Stylist (via Buzzfeed) that she wanted to be “very naked” for a particular scene in the latest Netflix season.
“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” Coughlan said of working with intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot. “There’s one scene where I’m very naked on camera, and that was my idea, my choice. It just felt like the biggest ‘fuck you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body; it was amazingly empowering. I felt beautiful in the moment, and I thought, ‘When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how fucking hot I looked!'”
She added of collaborating with Talbot, “You go, ‘Ok, what do I want to show? What don’t I want to show? What’s scripted,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan recently told the Los Angeles Times that she came to find shooting sex scenes with co-star Luke Newton in Season 3 to be liberating despite her initial nerves, saying: “By the end of the day, we were both lying under a blanket, not clothed, just chillin’. We were like, ‘This is why nudists do it.’”
Now she reveals in a profile published by Stylist (via Buzzfeed) that she was adamant about going “very naked” for a scene in “Bridgerton” Season 3 as a direct response to the trolls who slammed her weight online.
Coughlan collaborated closely with “Bridgerton” intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot on her Season 3 sex scenes, saying: “You go, ‘Ok, what do I want to show? What don’t I want to show? What’s scripted, and what do I want to add?'”
“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” Coughlan continued.
Now she reveals in a profile published by Stylist (via Buzzfeed) that she was adamant about going “very naked” for a scene in “Bridgerton” Season 3 as a direct response to the trolls who slammed her weight online.
Coughlan collaborated closely with “Bridgerton” intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot on her Season 3 sex scenes, saying: “You go, ‘Ok, what do I want to show? What don’t I want to show? What’s scripted, and what do I want to add?'”
“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” Coughlan continued.
- 5/15/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s how “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bridgerton” creator Shonda Rhimes thinks about sex scenes: carefully.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly in support of her just-launched Netflix series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” the doyen of steamy TV expounded on her philosophy for writing sexy sequences, telling the outlet she really doesn’t “write them any differently,” no matter if they are for broadcast or streaming TV. “I really don’t. I’m kind of a prude,” she said. “So, what I write into the scenes is what I want the audience to get in terms of the character emotion or the character story that’s playing out. I basically write like, ‘This is how we want them to feel.'”
And she’s found plenty of key assistance along the way, including the use of intimacy coordinators on set, of which Rhimes is a major fan. “I’m...
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly in support of her just-launched Netflix series “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” the doyen of steamy TV expounded on her philosophy for writing sexy sequences, telling the outlet she really doesn’t “write them any differently,” no matter if they are for broadcast or streaming TV. “I really don’t. I’m kind of a prude,” she said. “So, what I write into the scenes is what I want the audience to get in terms of the character emotion or the character story that’s playing out. I basically write like, ‘This is how we want them to feel.'”
And she’s found plenty of key assistance along the way, including the use of intimacy coordinators on set, of which Rhimes is a major fan. “I’m...
- 5/6/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Netflix‘s Bridgerton series had fans hooked on its sex scene full of heat, passion, and jealousy. While Daphne and Simon hold the title of the most sex scenes, Anthony and Kate’s story in the second season was more about lustful gazes and desire. But when it came to the official sex scenes in Bridgerton Season 2, Simone Ashley revealed the end of filming required some celebration.
Anthony and Kate in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 finale | via Netflix Kate and Anthony engage in sex after the marriage is canceled ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2
When the second season was announced, it was explained that Kate and Anthony’s story would differ from Daphne and Simon’s. It was primarily due to the forbidden aspect of their growing feelings for one another. In Bridgerton Season 2, Anthony is looking to get married to uphold his family duty. He soon meets the Sharma family as the eldest daughter,...
Anthony and Kate in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 finale | via Netflix Kate and Anthony engage in sex after the marriage is canceled ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2
When the second season was announced, it was explained that Kate and Anthony’s story would differ from Daphne and Simon’s. It was primarily due to the forbidden aspect of their growing feelings for one another. In Bridgerton Season 2, Anthony is looking to get married to uphold his family duty. He soon meets the Sharma family as the eldest daughter,...
- 2/11/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Simone Ashley’s sex education? Learning the sensual secrets gleaned from gastropods.
The “Bridgerton” Season 2 star revealed that during a 2019 intimacy workshop to prepare for her other role on Netflix’s “Sex Education,” she observed how snails mate to prepare for the series’ onscreen sex scenes.
“We explored the movement of different animals to kind of portray different paces or different sexualities or how sensual something could be,” Ashley described during The Los Angeles Times’ “The Envelope” podcast. “For example, we look to how snails mate, and when snails mate, they actually produce a plasma that intertwines.”
She added, “So if it was a really sensual, slow kind of scene, we’d be like, ‘Oh, it’s like the snail.’ And it’s super like the plasma, like falling like honey. So we would make it about that or how dogs mate or chimpanzees mate — it’s very like fast-paced...
The “Bridgerton” Season 2 star revealed that during a 2019 intimacy workshop to prepare for her other role on Netflix’s “Sex Education,” she observed how snails mate to prepare for the series’ onscreen sex scenes.
“We explored the movement of different animals to kind of portray different paces or different sexualities or how sensual something could be,” Ashley described during The Los Angeles Times’ “The Envelope” podcast. “For example, we look to how snails mate, and when snails mate, they actually produce a plasma that intertwines.”
She added, “So if it was a really sensual, slow kind of scene, we’d be like, ‘Oh, it’s like the snail.’ And it’s super like the plasma, like falling like honey. So we would make it about that or how dogs mate or chimpanzees mate — it’s very like fast-paced...
- 6/22/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Bridgerton” Season 2 has been getting slammed with criticisms for being “sexless” but the show’s intimacy coordinator begs to differ…at least, with the number of scenes that were originally in the season.
Sure, the cast confirmed that the tense love story between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and newcomer Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) would center on the “female gaze,” but what exactly were female viewers (any viewers) gazing at?
IndieWire’s Kristen Lopez wrote that the second installment of the hit Netflix series feels “watered down” in an effort to please a wider audience — minus those in the mood for a steamy romance. “Gone is the sexiness in favor of a more chaste series that almost everyone can watch together,” Lopez wrote.
Vanity Fair ran an article titled “Where Did All the Sex Go in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2?” and Shondaland fans took to social media to share their split take on...
Sure, the cast confirmed that the tense love story between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and newcomer Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) would center on the “female gaze,” but what exactly were female viewers (any viewers) gazing at?
IndieWire’s Kristen Lopez wrote that the second installment of the hit Netflix series feels “watered down” in an effort to please a wider audience — minus those in the mood for a steamy romance. “Gone is the sexiness in favor of a more chaste series that almost everyone can watch together,” Lopez wrote.
Vanity Fair ran an article titled “Where Did All the Sex Go in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2?” and Shondaland fans took to social media to share their split take on...
- 4/7/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bridgerton‘s sex scenes are as choreographed as those ballroom waltzes we all love.
This is what star Simone Ashley discovered while shooting Kate and Anthony’s racier scenes on Season 2 of Netflix’s wildly popular Regency-era series. For instance, her character Kate is shown nude from the waist up once, but there are several scenes featuring the bare backside of Anthony, played by actor Jonathan Bailey.
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This is what star Simone Ashley discovered while shooting Kate and Anthony’s racier scenes on Season 2 of Netflix’s wildly popular Regency-era series. For instance, her character Kate is shown nude from the waist up once, but there are several scenes featuring the bare backside of Anthony, played by actor Jonathan Bailey.
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- 4/5/2022
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
“I worked with an intimacy coordinator for the first time in my career,” reveals DGA Award-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson about the meticulous planning required to shoot the steamy sex scenes on Netflix phenomenon “Bridgerton,” including working with Lizzy Talbot, who describes herself as a stunt coordinator for sex scenes.
“We plan it all out in advance. How much visually we would be seeing, how the clothes would come off, what protection was going to be put in place so that the actors didn’t feel too vulnerable,” Robinson explains. “That way, you get a stronger performance,” she says.
We talked with Robinson as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
SEEKris Bowers interview: ‘Bridgerton’ composer
“Bridgerton” takes place during the high society days of 1813 in Regency-era London, when debutantes like Daphne...
“We plan it all out in advance. How much visually we would be seeing, how the clothes would come off, what protection was going to be put in place so that the actors didn’t feel too vulnerable,” Robinson explains. “That way, you get a stronger performance,” she says.
We talked with Robinson as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
SEEKris Bowers interview: ‘Bridgerton’ composer
“Bridgerton” takes place during the high society days of 1813 in Regency-era London, when debutantes like Daphne...
- 6/1/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Shonda Rhimes' new Regency drama Bridgerton is one of the sexiest shows on Netflix. However, while those steamy scenes may seem full of impulsive passion, they actually took a ton of planning to get right. The show's intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot broke down those moments in a new interview with The Times and shared how she made the actors feel comfortable on set. Talbot, who worked in fight direction, said that initially sex scenes had "no protocols" in place. "Everyone was relying on the good graces of their scene partner and the good intentions of their director, but that's the safety net, and you can see for so many people that just wasn't...
- 2/25/2021
- E! Online
‘Bridgerton’ Gets New Intimacy Coordinators As Regé-Jean Page Reprises His Famous Character On ‘SNL’
With Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page as host, evoking the hugely popular Netflix series on Saturday Night Live was inevitable.
After Page channeled his Simon Basset character in the opening monologue while trying to convince viewers that “he’s just a normal guy” and nothing like the Duke, the British-Zimbabwean actor reprised the Bridgerton character in a skit later in the show.
The sketch takes on one of the most talked about parts of Bridgerton, its sex scenes. It features Page playing himself on the set of the Netflix Regency-era drama. SNL‘s Chloe Fineman, who appeared in Page’s monologue dressed like Daphne Bridgerton, plays Page’s co-star Phoeve Dynevor, who portrays Daphne on Bridgerton. The skit starts off by recreating the famous wedding night heart-to-heart between Simon and Daphne, in which he confesses to her that “I burn for you.” (Page also dropped the famous line in his monologue.
After Page channeled his Simon Basset character in the opening monologue while trying to convince viewers that “he’s just a normal guy” and nothing like the Duke, the British-Zimbabwean actor reprised the Bridgerton character in a skit later in the show.
The sketch takes on one of the most talked about parts of Bridgerton, its sex scenes. It features Page playing himself on the set of the Netflix Regency-era drama. SNL‘s Chloe Fineman, who appeared in Page’s monologue dressed like Daphne Bridgerton, plays Page’s co-star Phoeve Dynevor, who portrays Daphne on Bridgerton. The skit starts off by recreating the famous wedding night heart-to-heart between Simon and Daphne, in which he confesses to her that “I burn for you.” (Page also dropped the famous line in his monologue.
- 2/21/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Casting Julie Andrews as the voice of narrator Lady Whistledown on Netflix’s new buzzy period drama “Bridgerton” was such a tightly held secret that the stars of the show didn’t even know about it.
Regé-Jean Page, who plays the dashing Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, says he found out when it was announced on Twitter. “I was on the train. I was coming back from a boxing session,” Page says on the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “I literally gawked like, ‘Ah!’ on the train and everyone looked at me…I kind of melted into my seat in embarrassment. But it’s incredibly exciting. It is an almost stupidly perfect casting and we’re all lucky to bask in its glow.”
“Bridgerton,” based on Julia Quinn’s “Bridgerton” book series, takes place in 19th century England. Created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes,...
Regé-Jean Page, who plays the dashing Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, says he found out when it was announced on Twitter. “I was on the train. I was coming back from a boxing session,” Page says on the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “I literally gawked like, ‘Ah!’ on the train and everyone looked at me…I kind of melted into my seat in embarrassment. But it’s incredibly exciting. It is an almost stupidly perfect casting and we’re all lucky to bask in its glow.”
“Bridgerton,” based on Julia Quinn’s “Bridgerton” book series, takes place in 19th century England. Created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes,...
- 12/30/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
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