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‘Sex scenes make it real’
Double Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep says that it may be unusual for her to do lovemaking scenes at the age of 60, but she will never shy away from them because it makes films more authentic.
Double Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep says that it may be unusual for her to do lovemaking scenes at the age of 60, but she will never shy away from them because it makes films more authentic.
The actress, who stars in a new romantic comedy,
It’s Complicated
, with Alec Baldwin (where she plays a woman who has an affair with her ex-husband) said she doesn’t mind acting out sex scenes because it’s “authentic”, the
Sunday Times
reported.
“Sex scenes, love scenes. Yes, at this age it’s unusual for somebody to do a love scene. Yeah, that is unusual. But that is just how
benighted we are. Because, you know, we still are alive. It’s you and I, baby. It’s authentic,” Streep said.
The Hollywood star said she doesn’t understand why some people are so surprised she is still happy to go so far at her age. “The whole idea that you have to look a certain way and be a certain age to earn love is ridiculous. We love what we love. It doesn’t matter what shape it is. It’s thrilling to see real people on screen,” Streep added.
The actress also said it was her role in
Julia and Julia
where she played the chef Julia Child that “broke that little barrier” for her to do love scenes at her age.
“Everyone said, ‘Isn’t it remarkable that a tall overweight woman and a short bald man could be in love?’ Well, yeah? You know what
I mean? You’re alive,” she said.
