‘Challengers’ star calls sex scenes in films “the least sexy thing in the world”

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Challengers star Josh O’Connor has said sex scenes in films are “the least sexy thing in the world.”O’Connor starred in the Luca Guadagnino film Challengers earlier this year.

It sees Zendaya play Tashi Donaldson, a professional tennis player who gets caught up in a love triangle with fellow players and best friends, Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (O’Connor).The film features a number of intimate moments between the characters – most notably a scene where the trio kiss each other in a hotel room.When asked about filming sex scenes during a new interview with Vanity Fair, O’Connor said they are “a very strange thing” and referenced Challengers in his answer.He continued: “It’s the least sexy thing in the world.

You can ask Mike Faist and Zendaya about that. It might look sexy onscreen, but in reality, it’s the same as a fight sequence, a bit of action or stunt, or a dance.

It’s a very choreographed, rehearsed thing, and you’re surrounded in a room full of people—someone’s holding a boom microphone and camera and lights.”O’Connor was asked about the scenes in the context of a comment from Paul Mescal who said he found it easier to film sex scenes than to play scenes that depict “tenderness after sex”.In relation to this, O’Connor asked: “I see what [Paul] means.