Now that's dedication! For this list, we’ll be looking at the most scandalous times actors performed unsimulated romantic acts for a film.
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00:00 "He's devastatingly handsome, isn't he?"
00:02 "Kiss him."
00:03 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 actors who actually did it on set.
00:09 "Hold me."
00:11 For this list, we'll be looking at the most scandalous times actors performed unsimulated romantic acts for a film.
00:18 Which other actors do you think got it on behind the scenes?
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00:35 Number 10. Carrie Fox and Mark Rylance - Intimacy
00:40 With a name like that, it's no surprise that the lead characters would get intimate a lot in this two-hour film.
00:45 As if that wasn't controversial enough, it turns out that very little of it was staged.
00:50 "Was this agreed?"
00:52 "No."
00:54 "Hmm."
00:56 Allegedly, famed French director Patrice Chirot pushed heavily for authentic reactions, and that meant a ton of actual friction in the sheets.
01:04 "W-what was I meant to feel?"
01:06 "What was I supposed to be like?"
01:08 "Who should I have been to keep everyone satisfied, just to come and see a man and bury myself in his arms, because I wanted to."
01:16 Keep in mind, Fox and Rylance were both in long-term relationships at the time.
01:20 In the years since, Rylance has admitted he was uncomfortable with how far he and Fox went in those scenes, but fortunately, they're immortalized on film either way.
01:28 "Vows, fidelity, support, faithfulness, the whole works, why should you miss out on all that? You'd have been the first woman who ever had."
01:34 Number 9. The whole cast - Shortbus
01:38 This flick opens with some graphic self-pleasure, and only gets looter from there.
01:42 "When are you gonna let me see what you're working on?"
01:44 "Soon."
01:45 No matter if the characters are alone, with someone else, or in a massive crowd, almost every single scene ends with something R-rated.
01:52 None of it could be fake either, as that would have ruined the point of the film.
01:55 After all, the whole pitch behind Shortbus was to convey intimate romance in a more cinematic manner.
02:01 "It's just like the 60s, only with less hope."
02:04 They definitely committed to the bit, particularly in the last scene.
02:07 We can't show what happens, but take our word for it, this is not a movie to watch with your parents.
02:12 "I was a little surprised when Jamie mentioned that he wanted to do this, and then I thought, you know, we've been together five years, and...
02:20 I mean, let's face it, monogamy's for straight people."
02:24 Number 8. Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg's body doubles - Antichrist
02:29 "Where are you?!
02:31 How dare you leave me?!"
02:36 It's clear from the very first scene that the affection in this movie isn't the kind you can fake.
02:41 Let's just say it gets very up close and personal.
02:44 Instead, the only question remaining is whether that's actually Willem Dafoe's equipment or not.
02:49 The answer? A resounding no.
02:51 "I see."
02:53 "No, you don't see. You see a lot of things, but not that."
02:58 Both he and his co-star were in happy marriages at the time, so they had body doubles come in for the steamier scenes.
03:03 Even so, what you see on screen is still very much real, just not with the faces you think.
03:08 Although, to be fair, the mountain of explicit content isn't even the most jarring part of this surrealist horror film.
03:14 Far from it, in fact.
03:15 "Satan's church."
03:16 "Satan? Jesus."
03:18 "Nature is Satan's church."
03:20 Number 7. Christine DeBelle and Juliet Graham - Alice in Wonderland
03:24 "And now, the classic children's story."
03:26 "Mr. Rabbit!"
03:28 "Is a wonderful new movie."
03:30 In this R-rated fairy tale, Wonderland is reimagined as a vessel for Alice to explore her sexuality.
03:35 In fact, the film was originally conceived as a hardcore feature, going as far as casting several prolific adult film stars.
03:41 While those elements were slightly toned down for the wide release, there's still plenty of unfiltered love scenes.
03:46 Especially with Alice herself, Christine DeBelle.
03:49 "Yeah, I feel so good, I'm growing up."
03:52 "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious makes me smile."
03:56 At the very least, Queen of Hearts actress Juliet Graham has confirmed that their racy moment was 100% real.
04:02 If that's the case, we wouldn't be surprised if DeBelle's other work in the film was authentic too.
04:06 Given all that, it's no wonder this movie struggled to find distribution.
04:10 "If I haven't got dreams, I ain't got nothing."
04:14 "Cause dreaming keeps me scheming through the day."
04:17 Number 6. Bill Paxton - Taking Tiger Mountain
04:21 To set the stage, this micro-budget sci-fi was filmed in black and white, without sound, and primarily using townspeople from neighboring areas.
04:29 With all that in mind, it's not too shocking to hear that they didn't splurge on body doubles either.
04:34 That's how we ended up with a movie where you see young Bill Paxton receiving a very frank kind of pleasure.
04:39 "Been a while since I've made love."
04:41 "But I feel so nervous."
04:45 "It's not you."
04:48 "I don't know why I feel this way, but I do."
04:51 As he claims himself, they simply met some girls and asked them if they'd be on camera without clothes.
04:56 They said yes, and the rest is history.
04:58 Later in 2016, the film was restored and re-released as Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited.
05:03 Now you can enjoy Bill Paxton's... method acting in all its 4K glory.
05:08 "You mustn't go, they'll hurt you too, you know."
05:10 "Billy, where is there to go?"
05:12 Number 5. Kieran O'Brien and Margot Stille - Nine Songs
05:17 On the first day of filming, these two leads had a scene where they met up and kissed.
05:21 It wasn't until after lunch that the real graphic stuff began.
05:25 There's no sugarcoating it, we're talking about the kind of content that required them to use condoms.
05:29 "Do you think we'll ever make love without using a condom?"
05:32 "No."
05:36 Putting aside the film's highly controversial material, you've got to respect how game O'Brien and Stille were.
05:41 Even in a run time of just 70 minutes, they really let the camera show all of it.
05:45 And we do literally mean all of it.
05:48 To the point Nine Songs was initially rated X in Australia.
05:51 "Sometimes you have to have faith in people."
05:53 Say what you want about this love story, but you can't say it lacks passion, that's for sure.
05:57 "I can't take you anywhere!"
05:59 Number 4. Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo - The Brown Bunny
06:04 "Hi, bud. I got your note. I have to use the bathroom."
06:13 Vincent Gallo wore a lot of hats for the making of this movie.
06:16 He was the director, the writer, the producer, and the lead actor.
06:20 Infamously, he was also the recipient of some one-sided lovemaking from his co-star, Chloe Sevigny.
06:25 "I wish you'd like me again. Like before. When you liked me the most."
06:32 Warranted or not, this incredibly candid moment sucked all of the air out of the movie's marketing campaign.
06:37 For what it's worth, Sevigny has defended the film and complimented Gallo's sensitive approach to the subject matter.
06:43 However, she also described it as the toughest thing she's ever done.
06:47 Despite all the dust it originally kicked up, The Brown Bunny has since been reevaluated as a damning critique of sexual exploitation.
06:53 "I hate you so much. I hate you so much."
06:57 Number 3. Robert Pattinson - Little Ashes
07:01 If one thing's for certain, it's that no one can accuse Robert Pattinson of phoning in a performance.
07:06 Case in point, his work in the 2008 flick Little Ashes.
07:10 "I'm going to be anything more than average. If anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further in everything. In art, in life."
07:21 When he signed on to play Salvador Dali, the script required him to get very, very cozy with his own body.
07:26 But Pattinson wasn't content just acting it out.
07:29 "When I go back, they won't know what's hit them. The idea is I've got it. It's coming. I can taste it."
07:33 "What's coming?"
07:34 He further explained that faking something like that just doesn't work.
07:37 So for the sake of cinema, Pattinson let the camera capture him as he really went for it.
07:41 Unfortunately, his committed work didn't save Little Ashes from getting torched by critics.
07:46 Guess that kind of stuff doesn't always sell.
07:48 "Why can't you just be happy for me?"
07:50 Number 2. Melvin Van Peebles - Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
07:54 "Ain't you proud to be?"
07:56 "I wish you wouldn't take them off if I did."
07:58 "You know every goddamn thing, don't you? Well, first things first."
08:06 It's not hyperbole to say this movie would not have been made without all of its erotic set pieces.
08:11 See, director Melvin Van Peebles didn't have the time or budget for counterfeit love scenes.
08:16 Instead, he personally stepped up to the plate for all of Sweetback's uncensored acts.
08:20 And there's a lot of them.
08:22 There's so many that Van Peebles ended up contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
08:26 However, he turned that tragedy into cold hard cash by successfully filing for an injury on the job.
08:32 The funds he received through workers' compensation helped Van Peebles finish the movie on time.
08:37 Talk about finding success in unexpected places.
08:39 "No wonder he was going the wrong way."
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08:56 Number 1. Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen - Factory Girl
09:01 "This is Edie Sedgwick."
09:03 "Edie, how about a picture?"
09:05 "I don't know."
09:06 If the rumors are to be believed, these lovebirds had a lot of fun on the set of this biopic.
09:10 That's plain to see in how convincing their romantic scenes are.
09:13 Some might say, too convincing.
09:15 "You say you want to make a movie with me, let's make a movie."
09:19 "Why?"
09:22 Factory Girl hadn't even hit theaters yet when early reports claimed that Miller and Christensen weren't always acting during intimate moments.
09:29 "Lady, you don't know shit about shit."
09:31 The official release only fueled the fire, with many fans finding their storyline oddly passionate.
09:36 Miller's publicist said it was just really good acting, but an insider reported that everyone's assumptions were right.
09:41 Christensen and Miller had really done it on camera.
09:44 It seems that all is fair in love and movies.
09:47 "I'll see you around."
09:48 "Superstar."
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