Setting Intimacy Boundaries
Domino Kirke Denies Influencing Penn Badgley's Decision to Limit Sex Scenes
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Domino Kirke says she still receives messages from fans about Penn Badgley’s decision to limit intimate scenes, and pushed back against speculation that she made the choice for him. She said she was proud of him for setting that boundary for his own well-being, describing it as important in an industry where audiences and productions expected him to perform such scenes. Badgley has cited his marriage and personal views on fidelity, as well as concerns about the career path and conventions associated with romantic roles. He later clarified that his comments about avoiding sex scenes had been blown out of proportion, and said intimate scenes could be appropriate when they were necessary to the story.
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Badgley also objected to the way sex scenes are choreographed, saying they can create unrealistic intimacy: “It’s just not the way sex happens,” he told The Guardian, describing staged moments such as “falling against the wall” and “grasping at each other’s clothes.”
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In a later interview with GQ, Badgley said his remarks had been “blown out of proportion” and placed his concerns in the context of Hollywood’s “history of flagrant exploitation and abuse.”
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Badgley did perform intimate scenes in the final season of You, saying his preference was to do as little as possible but that scenes should be “necessary,” “vital” and deliberate when included.
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