{"id":38655,"date":"2025-09-23T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/38655\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:31:10","slug":"david-tennant-reveals-eye-watering-injury-he-suffered-filming-rivals-sex-scene-leaving-him-embarrassed-and-on-the-floor-in-nothing-but-a-modesty-pouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/38655\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tennant reveals eye-watering injury he suffered filming Rivals sex scene – leaving him ’embarrassed and on the floor’ in nothing but a ‘modesty pouch’"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Tennant revealed an eye-watering injury he suffered while filming one of the sex scenes in Rivals – which left him ’embarrassed and on the floor’ in nothing but a ‘modesty pouch’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old appeared on Monday’s episode of This Morning to chat to Ben Shephard<\/a>, 50, and Cat Deeley<\/a>, 48, about his new drama\u00a0The Hack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the conversation soon turned to the other programmes that he’s been working on, including filming for the second series of Rivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ben pointed out that everyone was ‘at it a lot’ in the first and went on to ask: ‘Is it true you had an accident filming one of those scenes?’\u00a0<\/p>\n

David – who plays Tony, Lord Baddingham – said: ‘Yes I did. I was launching myself onto a wooden bed, but unfortunately my knee collided with the bed frame in a rather unfortunate way.<\/p>\n

‘Not very sexy.’<\/p>\n

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David Tennant (pictured) revealed an eye-watering injury he suffered while filming one of the sex scenes in Rivals – which left him ’embarrassed and on the floor’ in nothing but a ‘modesty pouch’<\/p>\n

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The 54-year-old appeared on Monday’s episode of This Morning to chat to Ben Shephard, 50, and Cat Deeley, 48, about his new drama The Hack<\/p>\n

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David – who plays Tony, Lord Baddingham – said: ‘Yes I did. I was launching myself onto a wooden bed, but unfortunately my knee collided with the bed frame in a rather unfortunate way’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ben asked: ‘Have you now got a stunt double for those moments?’<\/p>\n

‘You can never quite tell when you are going to fall over and embarrass yourself, can you?\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘But you certainly don’t want to do it when you’re wearing a modesty pouch,’ David said.<\/p>\n

Rivals, which is based on Jilly Cooper’s novel of the same name, hit Disney+ in October 2024.<\/p>\n

The show’s synopsis reads: ‘It is 1986 and Britain is booming. “Rivals” dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of TV where hair-dos are big and ambitions are even bigger.<\/p>\n

‘Deals are brokered in boardrooms, as well as bedrooms. Nobody can be sure who will come out on top.<\/p>\n

‘With every man and woman out only for themselves, can true love really blossom in this highly anticipated adaptation of Jilly Cooper\u2019s bestselling Rutshire Chronicles novel?’<\/p>\n

It stars the likes of Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner, Victoria Smurfit, Nafessa Williams, Bella Maclean, Katherine Parkinson, Oliver Chris, Danny Dyer, Lisa McGrillis, Emily Atack and Rufus Jones.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ben pointed out that everyone was ‘at it a lot’ in the first and went on to ask: ‘Is it true you had an accident filming one of those scenes?’ (pictured Emily Atack on the show)<\/p>\n

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David (pictured, center) took on the role of Tony, Lord Baddingham in the Disney+ series back in October last year<\/p>\n

Back in May it was revealed that Rivals will return to our screens for a second series after it’s huge success last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first series, which was eight episodes, became a huge hit and ended on a huge cliffhanger after David’s character Lord Tony Baddingham was left for dead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the fate of Lord Baddingham appeared dire, it has now been confirmed that David will reprise his role in the upcoming second season in a major casting update.<\/p>\n

The streaming service has also confirmed that they have already started filming again, with fans set to be treated to 12 new episodes.<\/p>\n

Along with David’s return, Alex Hassell will reprise his role as Rupert Campbell-Black and Aidan Turner will once again star as Declan O’Hara.<\/p>\n

Nafessa Williams will once again take on the role of Cameron Cook, while Bella Maclean will again play Taggie O’Hara and Emily Atack will return as Sarah Stratton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month Aidan and Nafessa shared a first look at tense season two showdown.<\/p>\n

Behind-the-scenes images show Nafessa looking ferocious in a textured yellow wrap dress, complete with a chunky buckle belt, as her character looks determinedly on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aidan is equally striking in a sharp blue suit and tie, sporting an impressively powerful moustache and tousled curls as he confronts his on-screen rival.<\/p>\n

Fans can expect drama and plenty of confrontations as the characters’ personal and professional rivalries collide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It follows the news that two Hollywood actors are set to join the cast of Rivals for the comedy’s upcoming second series.<\/p>\n

Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett will be starring as Helen Gordon, Rupert Campbell-Black’s ex-wife, and show-jumping coach Malise Gordon.<\/p>\n

Filming for the next instalment began in May, with stars such as Danny Dyer and Emily Atack sharing a behind-the-scenes insight from Disney+ set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Tennant revealed an eye-watering injury he suffered while filming one of the sex scenes in Rivals –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8212,8211,539,29655,10450,29656,93,61,60,18025,7076,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-38655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ben-shephard","9":"tag-cat-deeley","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-david-tennant","12":"tag-disney-plus","13":"tag-emily-atack","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-rivals","18":"tag-this-morning","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}