I loved Andrew as an actor before we knew each other properly. And when I started to know him more, we just really liked each other.
Paul Mescal speaking to Dazed about filming the sex scenes with Andrew Scott in “All Of Us Strangers.”
I find that it’s actually easier to play sex scenes than it is to play the tenderness after sex. Because you’re both inhabiting a physical language – that distinct feeling of lying on a bed and talking to somebody you love after having sex.
The tenderness required in your quality of touch is something you can’t really block and write. It’s not like you’re going to touch his hand like this at this particular moment. It just doesn’t work like that.
So I think we do have this innate thing called chemistry, which I find impossible to describe…
That’s the bit that scared me. When I saw it for the first time in the audience, I asked Andrew if he remembered me doing that. The most illicit moment is not actually the sex, but my eyes looking up to Andrew when I’m about to go down on him.
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dbmcvey
The headline is kind of misleading.
Donston
One of the few hyped up “queer movies” these past several years that was actually legit good, didn’t follow any tired formulas and cliches, and wasn’t awards bait. Therefore, It not getting any Oscar love was inevitable.
bachy
I’ve always had mixed feelings about staring into each others’ eyes during any sexual act. I tend to prefer all parties to be wearing dark sunglasses.
Veles
Although I think that Andrew Haigh deserves a lot of goodwill because I did enjoy Weekend and HBO’s Looking, still it will take some effort for me to immerse myself in a film with Andrew Scott. When you use an actor like him I cannot forget the previous characters he played and it creates a kind of wall. The trailer looks good but if Andrew Haigh used unknown actors it would most likely worked better. As it is the charm is lost on me although I feel like something special should have been there. Unfortunately I will most likely never see this film.
smittoons
That’s typecasting. Be better than that, otherwise it’s telling actors they can’t do their jobs because of a pretty silly reason that shouldn’t be on them.
JTinToronto
I never look into the other guys eyes. I don’t have eyes in the back of my head.
L
OK, I can’t picture your position. Why would you need eyes in the back of your head to look at someone in their eyes before you blow them?