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Emma Thompson Calls Out Double Standard of Hollywood Sex Scenes: ‘We’ve Got to Keep Being Brave’

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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorEmma Thompson was characteristically frank about Hollywood’s double standard during a recent interview with the CultureBlast podcast.

The “Nanny McPhee” star, who is also a prolific screenwriter, was talking about her upcoming film “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” which she said is a refreshing change of pace from the the typical Hollywood film about women who have romances with men decades older than themselves.Directed by Sophie Hyde, “Leo Grande” is the story of a widow whose late husband had been an unsatisfying lover, so she decides to seek out a sex therapist in his early 20s.Thompson’s character in the film says, “The only people willing to sleep with me are my age and I want to sleep with someone younger.

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