‘I’m not a fan’: Henry Cavill gives his take on movie love scenes

Famous for his role as Superman in the DC Universe, the wizard Geralt de Rive in the Witcher series or the excellent Agent Walker opposite Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: Fallout, British actor Henry Cavill is currently starring in Matthew Vaughn’s new feature film. , in which he plays the role of secret agent Argyle.

A recent interview with the director In the Happy Sad Confused podcastThe actor, whose name regularly comes up when we talk about possible successors to James Bond, especially expressed his opinion about the sex scenes in the cinema.

Following in the footsteps of Vince Vaughn, when the latter recently explained that the concept of this sequence is completely beyond him, Henry Cavill stated that he shares his opinion:

“I don’t understand either, I’m not a fan”Said the actor, who sometimes had to interpret scary scenes, especially in the TV series The Tudors or The Witcher.

“Is this really necessary?”

“I think there are certain circumstances where a sex scene really benefits the film, beyond the audience. But I think sometimes these days it’s overused. There’s a point where we say to ourselves, ‘Is this really necessary? If it’s just people. With less clothes? That’s when we start to feel less comfortable and say to ourselves, “There’s no interpretation here, there’s no element to bring it all the way into the film.”

Henry Cavill goes on to explain that in his eyes the cut scenes don’t always serve the story and that they aren’t necessarily justified:

“Sex scenes can be great in a movie and really help tell a story, but a lot of times the human imagination wins, so I think sometimes it can be a good excuse when a TV series or movie is literal.” full of intertwined bodies. We say to ourselves, “Okay, but what exactly does this give us? (…) ?'”

Do you agree with Henry Cavill?

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