Maggie Gyllenhaal: 'I gave vibrators to Hysteria cast and crew'

Maggie Gyllenhaal has revealed that she gave vibrators as gifts to the cast and crew of Hysteria.

The film, which also stars Hugh Dancy, is a period piece set in Victorian London which follows the invention of the vibrator as two doctors experiment with an electrical device to treat irritable and angry women.

"I gave everybody - cast and crew - a little bullet vibrator when we started. It was expensive!" Gyllenhaal recalled during a press conference promoting the project at the Toronto Film Festival.

"By the time I finished the movie I'd been sent maybe 15 vibrators by different people in London with vibrator stores," she said. "It was a pleasant surprise."

Gyllenhaal went on to say that she feels the topic of women's orgasms still isn't discussed enough, adding: "It's about vibrators and women's orgasms, and I don't think people really do talk about it very much, and I do think it does still make us flushed and uncomfortable."

She recently signed on to star in the supernatural thriller Voice from the Stone.

US and UK release dates for Hysteria - which also features Rupert Everett, Felicity Jones and Anna Chancellor - are yet to be announced.

Watch the trailer for Hysteria below: