Nicola Coughlan asked to include nude scenes in Bridgerton. The actress who plays Penelope Featherington revealed that she made the decision to include showing more skin in intimate scenes with her co-star Luke Newton.
In an interview with the magazine Stylist, Coughlan revealed the reason behind her decision to want to include nudity in her intimate scenes.
“I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included. There is a scene in which I am very naked in front of the camera, and that was my idea, my choice,” said the 37-year-old actress.
Beyond an interpretive reason, Coughlan said that she was motivated by her desire to reaffirm her confidence. personal and their need to challenge social norms.
“I felt like the biggest ‘fuck you’ in the whole conversation about my body. He was incredibly empowering. I felt beautiful in that moment and I thought, ‘When I’m 80, I want to look back on this and remember how fucking sexy I looked!’” she added.
“Not only did I consent to it, but I led it,” she added, proud of her decision.
Coughlan’s revelation about Her decision to include nude scenes in her scenes comes after it was learned that the actress asks to be sent a version of Bridgerton no sexual scenes for their parents.
The third season of Bridgerton, which will be divided into two parts, will focus on the love story between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). The first part premiered this week.
Bridgerton version without sexual scenes
Recently, Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, revealed that her contract has a clause in which she asks for a version without sexual scenes of the series for their parents.
“It’s literally written in my contract,” said the 37-year-old actress. “People think I’m joking. I just don’t want to. I grew up Irish Catholic. “That’s just not how we vibe,” she added.
Coughlan explained that she decided to add this clause to her contract after her mother was shocked by the nudity in the first season. of the series.
“When he saw Bridgerton for the first time, I didn’t know it was going to be so daring,” he said. “And then a butt appears, Jonathan Bailey’s lovely butt, about two minutes into the first episode. And she said, ‘What is this?’ But now he thinks it’s fantastic and really funny, and he keeps talking about butts,” she added.
About the third season of Bridgerton, Coughlan announced that there will be many intimate scenes between Penelope Featherington and Luke Newtonplayed by Colin Bridgerton.
“We broke a piece of furniture while doing one of those scenes. I didn’t know what it was going to be like, but it’s a bit of a trick where they say, ‘Okay, we’ll do this, this, and this.’ But then they gave us freedom to like it, we had a lot of say in how we did those scenes and what we wanted to do. And that makes you feel quite empowered and you say, ‘Oh yeah, let’s do this, this and this.’ So we feel great. In fact, they were really nice. I didn’t think they would be. They were great. It was fun,” she said.
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