Emma Stone 'Understood' Importance of Having 'No Shame' During 'Poor Things' Sex Scenes, According to Director

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Emma Stone‘s Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos opened up about working with her on intimate scenes in the movie while attending a press conference at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Yorgos is at the festival promoting the movie.

However, Emma, 34, was unable to attend due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. As a result, he addressed questions about the topic. Read more about Emma Stone… “It’s a shame that Emma could not be here to speak more about it, because it will be coming all from me,” Yorgos said, according to Variety.

He noted that “sex is an intrinsic part of the novel” the movie is based upon and that there he didn’t want the film to feel “prudish” as “that would be like completely betraying the main character.” That’s where Emma stepped in: “We had to be confident Emma had to have no shame about her body, nudity, engaging in those scenes and she understood that right away.” Of course, the actress’ familiarity with Yorgos helped while filming. “The great thing about me and Emma is that we have made four films together; there is a shorthand and we can communicate without having to explain or talk to much about things,” he explained. “As soon as I started saying something about sex, she would say: ‘yes,’ of course, it’s Bella.

We will do what we need to do.” Aside from Poor Things, Emma and Yorgos have collaborated on 2018′s The Favourite, the 2022 short film Bleat and the forthcoming movie And.