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If you asked AI to find the archetypal male Hollywood superstar, it would probably show you a picture of Henry Cavill<\/a>. <\/p>\n The British hunk is unfathomably handsome, with muscles in places most people don\u2019t even realise they have. On top of that, he\u2019s funny and charming too, with a cut-glass British accent that must turn American fans into puddles every time he speaks. Most big-time actors aren\u2019t into Warhammer, though, but that\u2019s a sin we\u2019re willing to forgive. <\/p>\n Given his leading man status and criminally good looks, Cavill has found himself sharing romantic scenes with a number of major stars. Amy Adams was the Lois Lane to his Clark Kent in Man of Steel, while he was seduced by Dua Lipa in Matthew Vaughn\u2019s comedy spy bust Argylle. He\u2019s been linked with the role of James Bond<\/a> a few times, so just imagine what he\u2019ll get up to if he lands that job. <\/p>\n While most people would jump at the chance to get cosy with some of the most glamourous and attractive people on the planet, apparently it isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Cavill revealed that he isn\u2019t a fan of sex scenes in movies. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t understand them,\u201d he said, bluntly (via Variety<\/a>). \u201cThere are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience, but I think sometimes they\u2019re overused these days. It\u2019s when you have a sense where you\u2019re going, \u2018Is this really necessary or is it just people with less clothing on?\u2019 And that\u2019s when you start to get more uncomfortable and you\u2019re thinking, \u2018There\u2019s not a performance here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Looking back at Cavill\u2019s career, it\u2019s clear that he\u2019s mainly talking about this from the perspective of a viewer. You won\u2019t find many movies in which he gets super steamy. He had quite a famous sex scene while starring in The Tudors \u2013 which he apparently had to apologise for after getting an erection \u2013 but that\u2019s about it. Cavil tends to opt for more mainstream projects aimed at larger audiences, so the prospect of him getting down to business on camera is usually pretty slim. <\/p>\n Sex can be awkward at the best of times, so just imagine how tough it must be with a room full of people watching. These issues were seemingly solved by the widespread introduction of \u2018intimacy coordinators\u2019 on film sets, but that\u2019s only created more issues. Florence Pugh recently discussed a bad experience<\/a> with one on set, while prominent stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Mikey Madison have outright refused them for their scenes. <\/p>\n As film and TV continue to push boundaries and viewers become more desensitised, the discussion around sex scenes is only going to get more and more complicated. Instead of worrying about how to safeguard the actors involved, perhaps directors and screenwriters should take a leaf from Cavill\u2019s book and think about if they\u2019re even necessary. <\/p>\n Although, as the old saying goes, \u2018sex sells\u2019. Don\u2019t expect any massive changes any time soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Gage Skidmore) Sat 15 November 2025 20:45, UK If you asked AI to find the archetypal male…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,806,2839,7335,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-265416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-henry-cavill","tag-movies","tag-sex","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}