Veronica: I have had to do sex scenes with people who on some chemical level I was repulsed by, and that was hard work. I had to do many sex scenes with a guy who was very nice but I was repulsed by him.

Simulating sex is harder than it looks. Take it from stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Justin Timberlake, who have been frank about the awkward mechanics of filming intimate scenes with other actors.

Filming sex scenes in front of a crew of sound technicians, gaffers and cinematographers has never been easy. In fact, most actors seem to have a bad sex scene war story. Or at the very least, they can recall how uncomfortable they felt on set that day. Jamie Dornan, who starred as Christian Grey in

And these actors and actresses are more than willing to open up about the reality of shooting those intimate scenes… That 9-5 office job isn’t looking quite so dull now, is it? The latest star to discuss the cons and… cons of filming a sex scene is Nicole man. In the new issue of Interview

Movies ‘Nymphomaniac’: How The Cast Had Sex Without Really Having Sex Actress Stacy Martin walked us through how her racy scenes with Shia LaBeouf worked.

30. “People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex—to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 a.m., the places they go to pick up a teen.

“Last Tango In Paris” (1972) Is there a more notorious sex scene in cinema history? If there is, Bernardo Bertolucci’s infamous “Last Tango In Paris” at least held the record for the better part of two decades unchallenged.

Director-Writer James Ivory on ‘Call Me by Your Name’ and Why American Male Actors Won’t Do Nude Scenes

Mila’s no stranger to sex scenes, but that doesn’t make the process any easier. “It’s hard to have a sex scene, period,” Kunis said in reference to her racy scene with Natalie Portman in Black Swan.

Ah, sex scenes.Those precious few minutes of a film (or HBO series) when parents decide to walk into the room. 9½ Weeks (1986), Shame (2012) and let’s not leave out Game of Thrones– some pretty racy and realistic sex scenes have made their way onto our screens over the years and have often prompted the question– are they actually having sex?