Ruth Wilson thinks sex scenes are unfair to female actors.
The 33-year-old actress, who recently won the Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama) award at the Golden Globes for her performance in 'The Affair', says women and men are treated differently when it comes to steamy sex scenes.
26 January 2015
She explained: "I have a big concern about how women are treated in the industry generally and how they have to provide the titillation, because penises can't be seen on screen but breasts can.
"It's assumed that women will get their breasts out and have to get their breasts out, and I balk at that. It's unnecessary and unfair."
Ruth also revealed that she and co-star Dominic West insist that sex scenes in 'The Affair' must be "real".
She told The EDIT: "I argue this stuff all the time, that these scenes need to be real and they need to have a narrative as much as any other scene.
"They can't be purely titillation. So for Dominic and myself, every time it came up we asked, 'Do we need this? What are we saying with it? And how can we choreograph it so that it has something to say - so that we can act within it?'"
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