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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

‘The audience just looks at what your genitals are like’: why Joanna Lumley thinks we should axe sex scenes

Joanna Lumley poses for a photo sitting on a couch in a sitting room with a marble fire place and fancy looking lamp.
No sex please … Joanna Lumley. Photograph: Comic Relief/Getty Images

A few weeks ago, Henry Cavill made headlines by declaring that he didn’t particularly like filming sex scenes. Given the glut of nudity-filled film and television recently, Cavill seemed a lone voice, a solitary moral crusader holding his head high above the muck.

But now another figure has come to his side. A veteran performer, who has lived through several cycles of onscreen permissiveness, and holds a greater understanding than most of the cynical impulses that call for an actor to disrobe in the name of art. I’m sorry to break this to you, but you probably shouldn’t expect to see Joanna Lumley in a future episode of Euphoria.

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