‘Skins’ stars say they didn’t feel protected during sex scenes
Skins stars April Pearson and Laya Lewis have opened up about their experiences working on the E4 show, saying that they did not feel protected while filming sex scenes.During a new interview, Pearson (who played Michelle Richardson on the teen series’ first generation) and Lewis (Liv Malone on the third generation) also discussed being told to “skip meals” amid “pressure” to be slimmer.Speaking on Pearson’s podcast Are You Michelle from Skins?, Lewis recalled: “I turned 18 right at the beginning of filming, so I just had so many more sex scenes than everyone else.“My first day was a sex scene.