That's a bold and intriguing list! Here are some notable instances where actors performed unsimulated romantic acts on screen:
1. **"Antichrist" (2009)** - Directed by Lars von Trier, this film features explicit and unsimulated sex scenes between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe, performed by body doubles.
2. **"9 Songs" (2004)** - Directed by Michael Winterbottom, this film is known for its unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley.
3. **"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971)** - Directed by Melvin Van Peebles, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes, reportedly performed by the director himself.
4. **"In the Realm of the Senses" (1976)** - Directed by Nagisa Oshima, this Japanese-French film is known for its explicit and unsimulated sexual content.
5. **"Caligula" (1979)** - Produced by Bob Guccione and directed by Tinto Brass, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes involving extras and actors.
6. **"Love" (2015)** - Directed by Gaspar Noé, this film features explicit unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, and Klara Kristin.
7. **"Baise-moi" (2000)** - Directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, this French film includes unsimulated sex scenes performed by the actors.
8. **"The Brown Bunny" (2003)** - Directed by and starring Vincent Gallo, this film features an unsimulated oral sex scene between Gallo and actress Chloë Sevigny.
9. **"Lie with Me" (2005)** - Directed by Clément Virgo, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Lauren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour.
10. **"Shortbus" (2006)** - Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes involving various actors.
These films are known for pushing boundaries and creating controversy with their explicit content. They often blur the line between art and pornography, provoking strong reactions from audiences and critics alike.
Which other actors do you think got it on behind the scenes? Spill your theories in the comments below!
1. **"Antichrist" (2009)** - Directed by Lars von Trier, this film features explicit and unsimulated sex scenes between Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe, performed by body doubles.
2. **"9 Songs" (2004)** - Directed by Michael Winterbottom, this film is known for its unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley.
3. **"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" (1971)** - Directed by Melvin Van Peebles, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes, reportedly performed by the director himself.
4. **"In the Realm of the Senses" (1976)** - Directed by Nagisa Oshima, this Japanese-French film is known for its explicit and unsimulated sexual content.
5. **"Caligula" (1979)** - Produced by Bob Guccione and directed by Tinto Brass, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes involving extras and actors.
6. **"Love" (2015)** - Directed by Gaspar Noé, this film features explicit unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, and Klara Kristin.
7. **"Baise-moi" (2000)** - Directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, this French film includes unsimulated sex scenes performed by the actors.
8. **"The Brown Bunny" (2003)** - Directed by and starring Vincent Gallo, this film features an unsimulated oral sex scene between Gallo and actress Chloë Sevigny.
9. **"Lie with Me" (2005)** - Directed by Clément Virgo, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes between the lead actors Lauren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour.
10. **"Shortbus" (2006)** - Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, this film includes unsimulated sex scenes involving various actors.
These films are known for pushing boundaries and creating controversy with their explicit content. They often blur the line between art and pornography, provoking strong reactions from audiences and critics alike.
Which other actors do you think got it on behind the scenes? Spill your theories in the comments below!
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00:00I think he's devastatingly handsome, isn't he?
00:02Kiss him.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten actors who actually did it on set.
00:10Hold me.
00:12For this list, we'll be looking at the most scandalous times actors performed unsimulated romantic acts for a film.
00:18Which other actors do you think got it on behind the scenes?
00:21Spill your theories in the comments below.
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00:40With a name like that, it's no surprise that the lead characters would get intimate a lot in this two-hour film.
00:45As if that wasn't controversial enough, it turns out that very little of it was staged.
00:50Was this agreed?
00:52No.
00:56Allegedly, famed French director Patrice Chirot pushed heavily for authentic reactions, and that meant a ton of actual friction in the sheets.
01:04What was I meant to feel?
01:06What was I supposed to be like?
01:08Who should I have been to keep everyone satisfied?
01:11Just to come and see a man and bury myself in his arms, because I wanted to.
01:16Keep in mind, Fox and Rylands were both in long-term relationships at the time.
01:20In the years since, Rylands has admitted he was uncomfortable with how far he and Fox went in those scenes.
01:25But fortunately, they're immortalized on film either way.
01:28Vows, fidelity, support, faithfulness, the whole works. Why should you miss out on all that?
01:32You'd have been the first woman who ever had.
01:38This flick opens with some graphic self-pleasure, and only gets looter from there.
01:42When are you going to let me see what you're working on?
01:44Soon.
01:45No matter if the characters are alone, with someone else, or in a massive crowd, almost every single scene ends with something R-rated.
01:52None of it could be fake either, as that would have ruined the point of the film.
01:55After all, the whole pitch behind Short Bus was to convey intimate romance in a more cinematic manner.
02:01It's just like the 60s, only with less hope.
02:04They definitely committed to the bit, particularly in the last scene.
02:07We can't show what happens, but take our word for it, this is not a movie to watch with your parents.
02:12I was a little surprised when Jamie mentioned that he wanted to do this, and...
02:17Then I thought, you know, we've been together five years, and...
02:21I mean, let's face it. Monogamy's for straight people.
02:36It's clear from the very first scene that the affection in this movie isn't the kind you can fake.
02:41Let's just say it gets very up close and personal.
02:43Instead, the only question remaining is whether that's actually Willem Dafoe's equipment or not.
02:48The answer? A resounding no.
02:57Both he and his co-star were in happy marriages at the time, so they had body doubles come in for the steamier scenes.
03:03Even so, what you see on screen is still very much real, just not with the faces you think.
03:08Although, to be fair, the mountain of explicit content isn't even the most jarring part of this surrealist horror film.
03:14Far from it, in fact.
03:29In this R-rated fairy tale, Wonderland is reimagined as a vessel for Alice to explore her sexuality.
03:35In fact, the film was originally conceived as a hardcore feature, going as far as casting several prolific adult film stars.
03:41While those elements were slightly toned down for the wide release, there's still plenty of unfiltered love scenes,
03:46especially with Alice herself, Christine DeBelle.
03:56At the very least, Queen of Hearts actress Julia Graham has confirmed that their racy moment was 100% real.
04:02If that's the case, we wouldn't be surprised if DeBelle's other work in the film was authentic, too.
04:06Given all that, it's no wonder this movie struggled to find distribution.
04:21To set the stage, this micro-budget sci-fi was filmed in black and white, without sound,
04:26and primarily using townspeople from neighboring areas.
04:29With all that in mind, it's not too shocking to hear that they didn't splurge on body doubles, either.
04:34That's how we ended up with a movie where you see young Bill Paxton receiving a very frank kind of pleasure.
04:51As he claims himself, they simply met some girls and asked him if they'd be on camera without clothes.
04:56They said yes, and the rest is history.
04:58Later in 2016, the film was restored and re-released as Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited.
05:03Now you can enjoy Bill Paxton's method acting in all its 4K glory.
05:17On the first day of filming, these two leads had a scene where they met up and kissed.
05:21It wasn't until after lunch that the real graphic stuff began.
05:25There's no sugarcoating it. We're talking about the kind of content that required them to use condoms.
05:36Putting aside the film's highly controversial material, you gotta respect how game O'Brien and Stilley were.
05:41Even in a runtime of just 70 minutes, they really let the camera show all of it.
05:45And we do literally mean all of it.
05:48To the point Nine Songs was initially rated X in Australia.
05:52Say what you want about this love story, but you can't say it lacks passion. That's for sure.
06:13Vincent Gallo wore a lot of hats for the making of this movie.
06:16He was the director, the writer, the producer, and the lead actor.
06:20Infamously, he was also the recipient of some one-sided lovemaking from his co-star Chloe Savini.
06:32Warranted or not, this incredibly candid moment sucked all of the air out of the movie's marketing campaign.
06:37For what it's worth, Savini has defended the film and complimented Gallo's sensitive approach to the subject matter.
06:43However, she also described it as the toughest thing she's ever done.
06:47Despite all the dust it originally kicked up, The Brown Bunny has since been re-evaluated as a damning critique of sexual exploitation.
07:01If one thing's for certain, it's that no one can accuse Robert Pattinson of phoning in a performance.
07:06Case in point, his work in the 2008 flick Little Ashes.
07:18When he signed on to play Salvador Dali, the script required him to get very, very cozy with his own body.
07:24But Pattinson wasn't content just acting it out.
07:32He further explained that faking something like that just doesn't work.
07:35So for the sake of cinema, Pattinson let the camera capture him as he really went for it.
07:40Unfortunately, his committed work didn't save Little Ashes from getting torched by critics.
07:45Guess that kind of stuff doesn't always sell.
08:06It's not hyperbole to say this movie would not have been made without all of its erotic set pieces.
08:11See, director Melvin Van Peebles didn't have the time or budget for counterfeit love scenes.
08:15Instead, he personally stepped up to the plate for all of Sweepback's uncensored acts.
08:20And there's a lot of them.
08:22There's so many that Van Peebles ended up contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
08:26However, he turned that tragedy into cold hard cash by successfully filing for an injury on the job.
08:32The funds he received through workers' compensation helped Van Peebles finish the movie on time.
08:36Talk about finding success in unexpected places.
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08:56Number 1 – Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen – Factory Girl
09:06If the rumors are to be believed, these lovebirds had a lot of fun on the set of this biopic.
09:10That's plain to see in how convincing their romantic scenes are.
09:13Some might say too convincing.
09:16Factory Girl hadn't even hit theaters yet when early reports claimed that Miller and Christensen weren't always acting during intimate moments.
09:27The official release only fueled the fire, with many fans finding their storyline oddly passionate.
09:32Miller's publicist said it was just really good acting, but an insider reported that everyone's assumptions were right.
09:37Christensen and Miller had really done it on camera.
09:40It seems that all is fair in love and movies.
10:10You