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Simone Ashleyis shedding more light on the sex scenes she had to film with costarJonathan BaileyonBridgerton.
The 27-year-old actress — who playsKate SharmaonBridgerton— revealed she shot “all of our intimacy scenes in one week” while filming season 2 of the hit Netflix series.
“We had champagne afterwe finished the sex scenesinBridgerton,” she recalled toThe Sunday Times. “It felt like we’d done the hardest bit of the whole 11-month shoot.”
Ashley also detailed how sheprepared to film the intimate scenes, sharing, “It’s a lot, gearing up for that every day and making sure you have enough sleep, doing whatever you have to do to make you feel ready. I am confident in myself and my body.”
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in season 2 of Bridgerton.Liam Daniel/Netflix
In March, Ashley told PEOPLE why she felt"very confident"going into the sex scenes with Bailey, 34.
“I felt very safe. I felt very protected,” she explained at the time. “I was very excited to be doing these scenes where we can show a dark-skinned woman and her body and not be so taboo about it. Especially a dark-skinned Indian woman where maybe they’re represented in a conservative way sometimes.”
She also credited Bailey with making her feel even more comfortable.
“Johnny was an amazing co-partner to work with,” she shared. “We worked with an amazing intimacy coordinator who ensured that it was choreographed and it was a safe space where we could communicate and make sure that we knew exactly what was going to be happening on the day. And I think that’s something that Johnny and I had throughout the whole series.”
TheSex Educationalum continued, “We always had each other’s backs and made sure that each other, as much as we were doing our own work and we were on our own journeys, we would always check in with one another and make sure that they were okay.”
Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton.netflix
In his own interview withThe Sunday Timesin March, Bailey expressedsimilar sentiments.
“For a man,it is less exposing,” the actor said. “I wanted to make sure Simone felt safe as a newcomer on set.”
“If you are concerned, you can talk to [the intimacy coordinators],” he explained, adding that the actors were also given consent forms to sign before each scene, detailing “which bit of skin we are going to show in each scene and where we will be touched and how.”
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Seasons 1 and 2 ofBridgertonare now available to stream on Netflix. Season 3 iscurrently in production.
source: people.com
