Nicola Coughlan Felt So Empowered When She Got Naked For Bridgerton

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, and that's by design. As her character Penelope Featherington steps “out of the shadows” in her search for a husband, she will also finally make a move on longtime crush , leading to the character's first sex scene.Coughlan explained that in working with the show's intimacy coordinator, she advocated for her own ideas about Penelope's sex life. “I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” she told , per . “I felt beautiful in the moment, and I thought: ‘When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how f-cking hot I looked!’” said the star.“There’s one scene where I’m very naked on camera, and that was my idea, my choice.

It just felt like the biggest ‘f-ck you’ to all the conversation surrounding my body; it was amazingly empowering,” she said.

Nicola Coughlan has repeatedly stated that , whether in a positive or negative light. , which is completely fair.The actor, who nabbed the critical role of Penelope/Lady Whistledown after a single audition, admitted that at first she was nervous to undress in front of her , recalling the first time she tried on the skimpy thong she'd wear for the simulated intercourse. “I went to the bathroom and looked in the full-length mirror.

I was like, ‘Absolutely not.’ I hid it down the bottom of the laundry basket,” she told the , adding that when the day came, margaritas helped her get over her nerves.