Keira Knightley says she will only shoot sex scenes with female directors
nme.comChanel Connects podcast, Knightley spoke with filmmaker Lulu Wang and journalist Diane Solway about her change of mind, and why performing nude “in front of a group of men” makes her uncomfortable.“It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze,” Knightley said. “I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze.”While understanding that directors sometimes need “somebody to look hot” and that many films contain “horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody’s grunting,” the actor said that, despite the occasional value of these scenes, she doesn’t want to be the one involved.“I’m too vain and the body has had two children now and I’d just rather not stand in front of a group of men naked,” she said.“I don’t have.
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