Dakota Johnson has an open angle in the case of filming intercourse scenes.

The actress, 35, mentioned she’s “all the time psyched” to shoot intimate scenes as she mentioned her experiences with them on the Tuesday, June 10 episode of the Good Hang podcast, whereas selling her new film Materialists. 

When requested by host Amy Poehler how she prepares for intercourse scenes, Johnson jokingly responded, “I haven’t got to. I am, like, all the time psyched up for intercourse.”

The actress continued: “I just lately did a film a number of months in the past, and we had an intimacy coordinator on set and it was the time I’ve ever labored with one. And he or she was actually nice. It was so cool. as a result of I am so used to only , like… It is a intercourse scene. It isn’t horny; it doesn’t really feel good.”

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Johnson shared on the podcast that she prepares for intercourse scenes by determining the background of the character she’s enjoying on the time.

“First, it is dependent upon who the character is and who the character’s alleged to be to the viewers,” she mentioned. “Is she like a brilliant idolized scorching woman? Is she a housewife? Is she lonely? Is she scared? Is she conservative? In order that’s clearly character work.”

The Fifty Shades of Gray star defined that there’s additionally “sure prep” that goes into the physicality of the scene, including, “I wish to really feel good in my physique if I am displaying my physique.”

Johnson, whose parents are actors Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, mentioned she credit her mother for encouraging her to really feel comfy in her pores and skin and to speak about intercourse, which has helped considerably in taking pictures such susceptible scenes.

“My mother raised me to be actually pleased with my physique and love my physique,” the actress shared on the podcast. “So I’ve all the time felt so grateful for that, particularly in my work as a result of I can use it and it seems like actual.’

“It was the way in which she spoke about it with me … she was very trustworthy and open about physique stuff,  like getting my interval,” Johnson recalled. “She additionally talked to me about intercourse and the way treasured and essential it’s. So I assume in my work, it is one thing that I really feel courageous with and that I really feel, when it is used the precise manner in a narrative, it is essential.”