Henry Cavill is ‘not a fan’ of sex scenes in cinema
“There’s this moment where we say to ourselves: ‘Is this really necessary?’”, explains the star.
Argylethe new action comedy from Matthew Vaughn has been in theaters since January 31. Henry Cavill He plays a super spy with a hilarious crew cut and unfailing calmness. Guest with the director at the microphone of the podcast Happy Sad Confusedthe actor expressed his views about on-screen sex scenes.
“I don’t understand either, I’m not a fan, he begins by admitting. I think there are certain circumstances where a sex scene really benefits a film, beyond the audience. But I think sometimes these days it’s overused. There is this moment when we say to ourselves: ‘Is this really necessary?’”
Certain films or series have made sex scenes their signature, more or less legitimately. In a fiction like Sex Education, it’s all in the title and the treatment of sexuality is justified as it is the main subject. In the case of Henry Cavillthe actor has undertaken the exercise several times in the historical series The Tudors or in The Witcher : “That’s when we start to feel less comfortable and we say to ourselves: ‘There is no interpretation here, there is no element that we will be able to complete in the rest of the story…'”, he explains.
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Even if erotic scenes don’t represent too big a part of his career, Henry Cavill nevertheless continues his analysis by specifying that these sequences are not always justified: “Sex scenes can be great in a movie and can really help the storytelling, but most of the time the human imagination is going to win out, so I think sometimes it can be a good excuse, when ‘a series or a film is literally filled with intertwining bodies. We wonder what exactly this brings us…”
Argyle tells the story of Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), a bestselling spy novel author who finds herself embroiled in a real conspiracy of international secret agents. Argyll (Henry Cavill) is only her fictional character, but she can count on the help of the spy Aiden Wilde (Sam Rockwell), the only one who can protect her against threats and give her answers. Argyle is currently in cinemas.
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