Henry Cavill has stated clearly that he doesn’t like the sex scenes that are frequently shown in television shows and films today. In a recent interview, the former Superman actor talked about the rise of intimate scenes on television, admitting that he feels they are being ‘overused’ currently. Cavill, who was recently spotted in Argylle, stated that it is sometimes OK to leave a few details to the imagination.
Cavill, who appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with his Argylle director Matthew Vaughn, shared his opinions on sex scenes seen on screen these days. As per Variety, he said, “I don’t understand them – I’m not a fan. There are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience, but I think sometimes they’re overused these days.”
The actor added, “It’s when you have a sense where you’re going, ‘Is this really necessary or is it just people with less clothing on? And that’s when you start to get more uncomfortable and you’re thinking, ‘There’s not a performance here. There’s not a piece which is going to carry through to the rest of the movie.’”
Cavill admitted that sometimes “sex scenes can be great in a movie” and “can really help with the storytelling. Most of the time the human imagination is going to trump it. So, it can be a little bit of a cop-out if a TV show or a movie is just filled with gyrating bodies and you’re going, ‘Okay, but what is this doing for us apart from the idea of, ‘Oh naked person, great.’”