'Imitation Game' sex scenes would've been 'risky', says Goode

The Imitation Game

star Matthew Goode has revealed that he is “really glad” there are no sex scenes in the film.

The actor – who plays cryptanalyst Hugh Alexander in the period film – said it would have done Turing a “slight disservice” to include scenes of him having sex with another man, as he was so “private”.

It was recently reported that a gay sex scene was cut from the final edit of the film, despite being filmed by Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Turing – read more here.

Goode told The Huffington Post: “Some people will think it’s a shame there was no suggestion or depiction of [the sex life of] Alan Turing, who is a gay icon because of what he went through and what happened in [1954] where he took his own life.

“But I think, in some ways, to do this man’s story [and include his sex life], it would do him a slight disservice because he was so private. No one at Bletchley Park knew that he was a homosexual, so therefore the film is merely mirroring what was going on in his own life.

“I know that may seem cowardly… but to show a scene of him having sex with another man without any knowledge or the truth in it, I think could have been very risky. I mean, there will always be a ‘you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t’, but I’m really glad we didn’t.”

Cumberbatch recently supported the decision to avoid focusing on Turing’s sex life, saying: “If you need to see that [sex scenes] to understand that he’s gay, then all is lost for any kind of subtle storytelling.”

The Imitation Game is out now in UK cinemas – watch a trailer for the film here.

‘Imitation Game’ sex scenes would’ve been ‘risky’, says Goode

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