Emma Stone’s daily shower trick helps her unwind after filming filthy s*x scenes
Poor Things actress Emma Stone has been given a shower trick by her intimacy co-ordinator Elle McAlpine in order to help her unwind after a long day of romping on-screen
Emma Stone’s intimacy co-ordinator, Elle McAlpine, revealed her daily shower routine (Image: Searchlight Pictures)
Emma Stone had a daily shower routine which would help “wash the day off” after filming filthy s*x scenes.
The Oscar-winning actress is the star in sultry sci-fi flick, Poor Things, which saw some viewers having to leave its September premiere early thanks to its graphic scenes. And to unwind after a long day of filming romps on set, the 35-year-old’s intimacy co-ordinator, Elle McAlpine, suggested she took some time for herself in the shower.
Emma played Bella Baxter who is brought back from the dead as her unborn child’s brain is implanted into her head. Audience’s were left squirming as they followed her road to discovery – including one crude scene, as a critic put it, which saw her “stuffing cucumbers” in her “hairy business”.
Take a look at what the critics said about Poor Things ahead of its official release in January, 2024, here.
But in order to get the best out of Emma and her co-stars, Elle noted the importance of detaching from the day as it could be taxing filming so many s*x scenes. She would give Emma exercises to “wash the day off” and says she would “bookend [her] days on that set with cold showers,” she told Vanity Fair.
Due to Bella’s insatiable appetite to hop in the sack, filming the sheer number of intimate scenes might have been demanding for Emma and her on-screen lovers, she said. And sometimes, what’s real and fantasy can sometimes get muddled up.
“It can make you feel quite vulnerable,” Elle explained. “Your body is an incredibly smart vehicle, but it sometimes doesn’t register what’s fantasy and what’s not.
“So by default, you can sometimes come away from doing s*x scenes feeling quite vulnerable.”
Emma has a number of raunchy s*x scenes in the movie (Image: Searchlight Pictures
Creating an element of space also allows the stars the freedom of expression on-screen. It allowed Emma to move away from the stereotypical and “unimaginative” back-bending orgasm to something more raw and real, Elle explained.
