Henry Cavill has admitted that kissing co-star Amy Adams with tongue during a sex scene in Man of Steel was “too much”.
The Superman star got candid on The Graham Norton Show when discussing filming the 2013 blockbuster.
While promoting the film, Amy shared an unusual tip she learned from director David O. Russell during her time working on The Fighter.
She said: “David O. Russell has a thing with tongue, okay? He likes to see it, like a 1980s music video or something. I tried that with Henry, it didn’t work! They were like, ‘Ew, what’s that?'”
Henry agreed, candidly admitting his Hollywood co-star’s enthusiastic approach was “too much”.
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To this, Henry swiftly replied by comically distancing himself from Amy on the couch as they continued to spill details about shooting intimate scenes.
Amy revealed her thoughts to OK!Magazine, admitting: “He’s the nicest person on top of being just a wonderful actor and wonderful looking.
“He’s also got this great humility and he does a really great job in the role. He’s got a great sense of humour, but he’s not cheeky at all, so… I kind of wish he’d misbehaved!”
Henry also opened up about the awkwardness of filming intimate scenes, stating: “When you think of it, when you’re having sex with someone you’re normally alone!
“When you’re on set, you’ve got at least 12 really very heavily set men watching you and it’s not comfortable, and things aren’t happening as naturally as they should. You know, there’s a lot of this [thumping].”
He now believes that sex scenes are often superfluous, and should only be included if they contribute to the plot. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he remarked: “There are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience… [but] I think sometimes they’re overused these days. It’s when you have a sense that you’re going, ‘Is this really necessary, or is it just people with less clothing on?’
“That’s when you start to get more uncomfortable and you’re thinking, ‘There’s not a performance here. There’s not a piece which is going to carry through to the rest of the movie.'”.
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