Thomas: 'Courage is needed for sex scenes'

Kristin Scott Thomas has claimed that the key to a good sex scene is "courage and choreography".

The actress, who had to film erotic scenes for her new French movie Partir, has insisted that the best way for her to approach a sex scene is to confront it like an action scene.

The 49-year-old told Spiegel Online: "You need courage for it. But in the end professionalism is all that counts, no matter if it's a sex scene or a fight scene. It's all about choreography. The director and the cameras dictate what and how you have to act. Just like they instruct you how to make a blow look like it hurts during a fight scene."

Despite feeling comfortable shooting sexual sequences, she admitted that taking off her clothes for the camera in front of a mostly male cast and crew can be intimidating.

Thomas added: "The only difference is, that you're acting without your clothes on. That can be quite humiliating when everyone else on set is dressed. It was different when we shot Partir though, because there was only one man among the three people who were present.

"Even if I disappoint people's fantasies, that's exactly how it is."