Amber Riley Refused to Film ‘Full-Blown Scene’ Where Mercedes Had Sex With Sam
Amber Riley revealed that she put her foot down when Glee writers crafted a sex scene for her character Mercedes Jones. https://t.co/x4PfiHcxYj
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) March 2, 2024
Amber Riley, 38, revealed during the Glee recap podcast, that she put her foot down when Glee writers crafted a sex scene for her character Mercedes Jones.
“There was supposed to be an episode where she lost her virginity to Sam [Chord Overstreet] and I told [executive producer] Brad [Falchuk], ‘Absolutely not. He gave me the blue pages [where it] was written and I said, ‘No'. [Brad] said, ‘OK, well what if instead of…’ because it was like a full-blown scene that I said, ‘I’m not doing it.’ He said, ‘Well, what if we just you know, have you guys hold hands and walk into the room and then like close the door?’ I was like, ‘No'. I said, ‘I’m not doing it. I don’t ever tell you guys ‘no.’ I don’t fight about anything… But, this?!?’ It just would have been so awkward, and I feel like it would have read awkward. I also just feel like, yeah, it wasn’t what my character would have done. I just didn’t feel that way.”
On season 5 of Glee, Mercedes had declared that she wasn’t ready to have sex and wanted to wait for marriage, and Riley felt her character “should stick to her guns.”
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