Russell Tovey on ‘Looking’ sex scenes: ‘Your hands go everywhere…’
By Josh Haggis
Russell Tovey has revealed that he “doesn’t hold back” when filming Looking’s explicit sex scenes.
The comedy-drama will return to US cable network HBO on Sunday, January 11, with a UK premiere on Sky Atlantic expected to follow shortly after.
In a new interview, Tovey has explained that he’s “cool” doing sex scenes with his co-star and on-screen boyfriend, Jonathan Groff, because they both “completely trust” each other.
“With Jonathan, doing these sex scenes just feels so cool,” Tovey told PrideSource. “You can do anything; your hands go everywhere, and it’s fine. Neither of us at any point feels uncomfortable, and that’s why it’s so good. We just completely trust each other, and we go for it.”
He continued: “Neither of us hold back or feel any pang of responsibility for the other one when it comes to that. We just trust each other on a completely open level. Either of us could go to the other, “Hey, you should put your dick in there.”
The openly gay actor went on to add that he intends to keep getting his bum out on-screen because it “won’t always look like that.”
“In the future, I imagine myself looking back and going, “God, I had a nice ass. Glad I got that out.” If it’s there now, I’m getting it out because it’s not always gonna look like that. I don’t want to hide it. And it’s nice that people like it,” said the actor.
Meanwhile, the first-full length trailer for the second season of the gay drama was unveiled earlier this month (December) – watch it here.
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