Gwyneth Paltrow ended her hiatus from acting to join the sports dramedy Marty Supreme, which has earned praise and is a major player this awards season. Paltrow’s role in the film is a bit meta, as she plays Kay Stone, an actress making her return to the stage. By now, it’s widely known that Paltrow also performed sex scenes with lead actor Timothée Chalamet for the film, and she’s been addressing that aspect of filming. Now, the Oscar winner is explaining what her expectations for filming sexy time were and how they were subverted.
There are a couple of moments in which Paltrow’s Kay and Chalamet’s Marty Mauser get intimate in the Josh Safdie-helmed and co-written movie. When set photos of the co-stars locking lips went viral, everyone from fans to Paltrow’s own kids seemed to have thoughts. Paltrow hasn’t shied away from the fact that her and Chalamet’s characters have “a lot of sex” in the movie and, during a Q&A hosted by Demi Moore, Paltrow (via People) doubled down on that fact:
