# are some sex scenes in movies real **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680 "2011-10-14T22:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![addelyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@addelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/addelyn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/1 "2011-10-14T22:18:59Z")
I mean how can you be naked and between eachothers legs without the man getting and erection and if he does get one how does he hide it while moving aggressivly without kinking it and it hurting him ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/2 "2011-10-14T22:24:36Z")
First clarify whether or not you’re talking about porn. Then tell us how many times you’ve had sex with a movie crew watching. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/3 "2011-10-14T22:28:20Z")
Most interviews I’ve heard with actors who have been in nude scenes say that the circumstances are usually not conducive to becoming aroused. You’re surrounded by people and hot lights, people are working, there are frequent stoppages, there’s the pressure and concentration on producing a good performance, peopel kep giving you directions, etc. I’m sure an erection happens on rare occasions, but that kind of thing doesn’t _have_ to result in actual genital penetration. There’s a lot of starting and stopping in movies. Most directors aren’t going to force an actor to continue through an erection. There are rumours occasionally that real sex has taken place. Specifically, I’m thinking of the sex scenes between Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet in _Angel Heart_. I remember seeing one of those “blooper” shows a long time ago that had a takeout clip from a British soap opera. There were a man and woman in bed together getting hot and heavy and suddenly the man wrapped the sheet around his waist and jumped up, with many apologies. In other words, he stopped the scene as soon as he got an erection. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/4 "2011-10-14T22:59:33Z")
> **[Unsimulated sex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsimulated_sex_in_film#Films_with_non-simulated_sexual_activity)** > > In the film industry, unsimulated sex is the presentation of sex scenes in which actors genuinely perform the depicted sex acts, rather than simulating them. Although it is ubiquitous in films intended as pornographic, it is very uncommon in other films. At one time in the United States, such scenes were restricted by law and self-imposed industry standards such as the Motion Picture Production Code. Films showing explicit sexual activity were confined to privately distributed undergroun With... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/5 "2011-10-15T00:29:41Z")
They’re also not usually naked, either. Most scenes, one or both partners are wearing something, and they just choose camera angles so the undies don’t show. Or edit them out in post-production. I mean, really, how naked do you have to be for the typical under-the-sheets scene? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/6 "2011-10-15T00:59:31Z")
And even if they appear mostly naked the actors are often wearing nearly invisible crotch covers. In most shots they can actually wear some kinds of underwear. Unless you’re watching the rare movie with inconcealable full-frontal nudity, the actors are almost never completely unclothed. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/7 "2011-10-15T01:03:35Z")
The sex scene in Ang Lee’s [Lust, Caution](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808357/) (2007) was reportedely real, and I can believe it. From the Trivia section in that link: **“The rather explicit sex scenes were shot over 11 days on a closed set, with only the main camera and sound personnel present.”** The scene in [Pola X](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152015/) (1999) looked pretty real. That sure looked like his penis going into her vagina. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/8 "2011-10-15T01:03:48Z")
It’s reported that the oral sex scene between Vincent Gallo and Chloe Sevigny in _Brown Bunny_ was not simulated. The film _Short Bus_ is supposed to have all unsimulated sex scenes as well. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/9 "2011-10-15T01:07:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s reported that the oral sex scene between Vincent Gallo and Chloe Sevigny in _Brown Bunny_ was not simulated. I forgot _The Brown Bunny_. That was extremely explicit. Chloe Sevigny herself has stated it was real. I believe they had dated in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/10 "2011-10-15T02:00:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I forgot _The Brown Bunny_. That was extremely explicit. Chloe Sevigny herself has stated it was real. I believe they had dated in the past. _9 Songs_ was also real, although that was less a film and more a compilation of bad porn and bad indie bands. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/11 "2011-10-15T02:44:36Z")
Sweet Sweetback’s Badaaaaasssss Song (or whatnot) is fairly famous for having unsimulated sex scenes, despite (to my knowledge) not explicitly showing anything that couldn’t have been simulated. The lead actor / director just really wanted the “authenticity.” ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/12 "2011-10-15T02:49:23Z")
In the unlikely event that the couple was actually naked and the actress/director didn’t have any objections and they kept filming while he was erect there wouldn’t have to be any penetration at all. He could slide it against her vulva, pubis mons, belly, or [between her thighs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercrural_sex), depending on the position and angle of the shot. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/13 "2011-10-15T02:51:01Z")
Even in porn there are a lot of ‘cuddle shots’ where no actual penetration occurs. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/14 "2011-10-15T02:54:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The film _Short Bus_ is supposed to have all unsimulated sex scenes as well. I absolutely does. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/15 "2011-10-15T03:01:02Z")
Bow chicka bow bow… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/16 "2011-10-15T03:28:30Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I absolutely does. Does you? ---
**Author:** ![Penguinlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Penguinlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penguinlady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/17 "2011-10-15T04:13:56Z")
Whatever that film was with Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider - it came out in the early to mid’70s and took place in Paris but I can’t remember the name - reports at the time were that the oral sex scenes were real. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/18 "2011-10-15T04:22:22Z")
Last Tango in Paris ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/19 "2011-10-15T04:59:16Z")
I remember once watvhing some sort of documentary (on HBO or something) about makle porn actors and how hard it was to get “good ones”. They had a scene with the casting crew and aside from looking good, the first thing they had to do was to masturbate in front of the three casting guys, 4 camera/sound guys and maybe 2 other people. They had porn mag and even a couple of chicks fondling eacht other but most of them just couldn’t come. It was funny and sad seeing them jerk off like their dicks were goign to come of but still, the filling didn’t come out of the churro. when they had their three guys tehy went into a “hands on” session. Four or five naked chicks, kissing and fondling and they guys had to “go in” but 2 of them went limp after 30 seconds. Apparently, being a top porn guy is very difficult and the cating director said that was why it was always they same guys with tons of new women. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680/20 "2011-10-15T05:16:42Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > I remember once watvhing some sort of documentary (on HBO or something) about makle porn actors and how hard it was to get “good ones” Not to mention how good it is to get hard ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-sex-scenes-in-movies-real/599680.md?page=2)