'All the Old Knives': Thandiwe Newton says intense sex scene with Chris Pine made her nervous
'Westworld' star Thandiwe Newton's spy drama 'All the Old Knives' premiered to positive reviews on Amazon Prime Video, and one of the buzz generators was her intense sex scene with Chris Pine, which she said made her feel nervous. Newton, in an exclusive with Entertainment Tonight, shed light on the steamy sex scenes with the 'Wonder Woman' actor.
When asked if she was at all nervous about the scene, Netwon joked, "Well, no, yeah, I was, a bit." She added, "We had a really intense scene right in the middle of the movie it was really important and required nudity and so on," she recalled with a laugh. "And I just caught a glimpse of Chris at one point, like we are getting into costumes and hair and makeup, and I'm like, 'Oh, no, no. No." On a side note, the media outlet added that she looked stunning at a special screening at The London West Hollywood in Beverly Hills.
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"But he is such a sweetie," she added. "And intimacy was handled so beautifully, it was handled well because we had an intimacy coordinator. So everyone knew what was happening and what was going where." She also shared her tw cents on the importance of having intimacy coordinators, and how they play a crucial role in movies and TV shows that have nudity and physical intimacy. "It's all about consent," she said.
"That's why we have the intimacy coordinator. Everyone consents to every detail of what's happening. Everyone's in agreement... and then we go to work," Newton shared. The spy thriller sees Pine, who is also an executive producer, and Newton play former lovers and veteran CIA agents who relive a nightmarish event that occurred eight years ago. While the latter moves on, Pine's character decides to close the chapter by finding a "supposed" mole who was responsible for the event to go awry.
'All the Old Knives' is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.