Margot Robbie was understandably a little nervous to film a sex scene in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Most will remember the Australian actress seducing her on-screen husband, Leonardo DiCaprio, in their child’s nursery before later hopping into bed together.
The intimate bedroom scene in particular saw Margot, 28, strip off and, naturally, it wasn’t the most comfortable filming experience with 30 other strange men watching the actress in the buff.
Recalling the awkwardness in an interview with Porter, Margot said: ‘It doesn’t come across when you’re watching the movie, but in reality we’re in a tiny bedroom with 30 crew crammed in. All men.’
She added: ‘For 17 hours I’m pretending to be touching myself. It’s just a very weird thing and you have to bury the embarrassment and the absurdity, really deep, and fully commit.’
Margot has previously revealed that she had to audition for the movie with that scene in particular, so she was certainly put through her paces for the Oscar-nominated movie.
Elsewhere in the interview, Margot admitted that she didn’t know what constituted as sexual harassment until the #MeToo movement unfolded.
The Hollywood star explained: ‘I’m in my late twenties, I’m educated, I’m worldly, I’ve traveled, I have my own business, and I didn’t know. That’s insane.
‘I didn’t know that you could say “I have been sexually harassed” without someone physically touching you, that you could say “That’s not OK”. I had no idea. I now know because I’ve researched what constitutes illegal sexual harassment so as to have negative connotations for your job and how you get paid.’
Margot will next be seen in a role completely different to The Wolf of Wall Street, with the actress taking on the role of Queen Elizabeth I in period epic Mary Queen of Scots.
It’s already being tipped as a frontrunner for awards season, with critics predicting Margot will earn a best actress Oscar nomination while the film itself is a shoe-in for best picture.
SOURCE: metro.co.uk
