Home of the Dragon and The Girlfriend star Olivia Cooke has signed herself up for lots of intercourse scenes – however that doesn’t make them any much less ‘mortifying’.
The Oldham-born actress, 31, has turn into a family title due to her efficiency as Alicent Hightower within the Sport of Thrones prequel collection Home of the Dragon.
And lately she’s turn into the main star of Prime Video psychological thriller collection The Girlfriend, alongside Home of Playing cards actress Robin Wright.
Whereas the intercourse is toned down in Home of the Dragon compared to its raunchy predecessor, Olivia has nonetheless been required to carry out intercourse scenes on set.
In the meantime, The Girlfriend has been slapped with a 15 certificates whereas its IMDb Mother and father’ Information warns of ‘intercourse references and dialogue all through’ and express scenes.
However Olivia has admitted that, regardless of eagerly signing up for these exhibits and loving the work, she does really feel as if getting ready for the intercourse scenes she acts out may be ‘mortifying’.
She instructed The Solar: ‘It’s odd, isn’t it? It’s an odd a part of the job. You see it looming within the schedule and also you’re like, Jesus Christ! For some cause, it’s all occurred to me as I’ve turned 30.
‘My profession in the intervening time is just like the humiliation of Olivia Cooke,’ she added, talking about how she generally feels behind the scenes.
One notable scene from The Girlfriend options Olivia’s character Cherry Laine (in keeping with IMDb) ‘graphically masturbating in entrance of a male who begins to affix in’.
Olivia continued: ‘I’ve acquired an incredible dresser known as Alexandra Bland, who has been with me since Home of the Dragon. I’m very, very comfy anatomically together with her – she’s seen all of it.
‘However you must put on these intimacy clothes — type of nudity covers — that are mainly like a little bit of gusset with a silicon pad in it that you must tape to your self.’
The Thoroughbreds actress then revealed that whereas struggling to use certainly one of these nudity covers, Alex jokingly instructed her to ‘bend over’.
She defined: ‘And so I bent over and I’m spreading. It’s so mortifying. However I rise above and disassociate, out of my physique - that is bizarre, that is odd.’
The Girlfriend is predicated on the novel of the identical title by Michelle Frances, and follows the story of Laura (Robin Wright), a mum who turns into suspicious of her son Daniel’s (Laurie Davidson) new girlfriend Cherry (Olivia).
All six episodes had been made accessible on Prime Video on September 10, with critics responding positively – it at present has an 88% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
In latest weeks, Olivia has been filming her scenes for the third season of Home of the Dragon, which is predicted to premiere in the summertime of 2026.
Olivia took over the function of Alicent Hightower from Emily Carey, who performed a youthful model of the character within the first 5 episodes of the collection earlier than a big time-jump required a change of actors.
The Girlfriend is accessible to stream now on Amazon Prime.
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