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Was reading this interview with Keira Knightley earlier and it features some funny bits from Dominic about his sex scene costume and historical research.
Georgiana has a raunchy bedroom scene with her lover, Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper), which manages to convey their passion without her going through the interminable process of undressing.
'The urgency and the lust would have evaporated long before I'd got round to unlacing my final layer,' Knightley says drily. 'So Dominic was told to take his kit off, which was easier for a man to do.'
One of the lighter moments of the intense nine weeks of filming came during the filming of this scene. 'On screen, it looks as if I am naked,' explains Cooper, 'but in reality I was wearing a flesh-coloured nappy which is held in place by being taped to my, er, inner sanctum.
'And what did Keira do when she saw me? She burst out laughing. Unbelievable!'
'That's true,' Knightley admits. 'We are all meant to be supportive of each other in these difficult and embarrassing scenes, but I took one look at him and just lost it.
'I couldn't stop laughing because Dominic was trying to be dignified and aloof while looking completely ridiculous. The director came over and said: "Pull yourself together. This is serious work." But what else was I supposed to do?'
I love that they decided the man should get naked. They know their target audience!
There is another poignant moment when Georgiana confesses to her husband that she is pregnant by Charles Grey, who eventually becomes Prime Minister and is given an earldom, becoming Earl Grey of tea fame. ('I did my historical research by reading up on Earl Grey on packets of Twinings tea,' jokes Cooper).
Georgiana has a raunchy bedroom scene with her lover, Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper), which manages to convey their passion without her going through the interminable process of undressing.
'The urgency and the lust would have evaporated long before I'd got round to unlacing my final layer,' Knightley says drily. 'So Dominic was told to take his kit off, which was easier for a man to do.'
One of the lighter moments of the intense nine weeks of filming came during the filming of this scene. 'On screen, it looks as if I am naked,' explains Cooper, 'but in reality I was wearing a flesh-coloured nappy which is held in place by being taped to my, er, inner sanctum.
'And what did Keira do when she saw me? She burst out laughing. Unbelievable!'
'That's true,' Knightley admits. 'We are all meant to be supportive of each other in these difficult and embarrassing scenes, but I took one look at him and just lost it.
'I couldn't stop laughing because Dominic was trying to be dignified and aloof while looking completely ridiculous. The director came over and said: "Pull yourself together. This is serious work." But what else was I supposed to do?'
I love that they decided the man should get naked. They know their target audience!
There is another poignant moment when Georgiana confesses to her husband that she is pregnant by Charles Grey, who eventually becomes Prime Minister and is given an earldom, becoming Earl Grey of tea fame. ('I did my historical research by reading up on Earl Grey on packets of Twinings tea,' jokes Cooper).