TASM Star Emma Stone "Had To Have No Shame" About Graphic POOR THINGS Sex Scenes According To Director

TASM Star Emma Stone "Had To Have No Shame" About Graphic POOR THINGS Sex Scenes According To Director

Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos has spoken about the graphic nudity and sex scenes involving Poor Things star Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man)...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 02, 2023 06:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Via SFF Gazette

We already knew that Poor Things, a sci-fi tinged adaptation of Alasdair Gray's bestselling novel of the same name, was going to feature some pretty full-on moments, as the movie was officially rated R for “strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore, and language" last month.

A recent featurette (see below) gave us a brief glimpse of what to expect, but now that the first reactions are in following the premiere at the Venice Film Festival, it's come to light that these scenes are a lot raunchier and more graphic than we had initially been led to believe.

During the film's press conference (via Variety), director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favorite) spoke about star Emma Stone's commitment to filming these difficult sequences, noting that he wished she was present to talk about the movie and her character.

“It’s a shame that Emma could not be here to speak more about it, because it will be coming all from me,” he said. “First of all, sex is an intrinsic part of the novel itself, her freedom about everything including sexuality. Secondly, it was very important for me to not make a film that would be prudish, because that would be like completely betraying the main character."

“We had to be confident Emma had to have no shame about her body, nudity, engaging in those scenes and she understood that right away,” he added.

Just in case you were wondering, yes, there was an intimacy coordinator present.

“At the beginning, this profession felt a little threatening to most filmmakers, but I think it's like everything: if you’re with a good person, it’s great and you realise you actually need them,” Lanthimos said about bringing Elle McAlpine on board. “She made everything much easier for everyone.”

"From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation."

Poor Things is set to hit theaters for a limited run this September.

FRANKENSTEIN: Guillermo Del Toro Announces That His Netflix Adaptation Has Officially Wrapped Filming
Related:

FRANKENSTEIN: Guillermo Del Toro Announces That His Netflix Adaptation Has Officially Wrapped Filming

MEGALOPOLIS' CinemaScore Is WORSE Than Any Superhero Movie Ever Released In Theaters
Recommended For You:

MEGALOPOLIS' CinemaScore Is WORSE Than Any Superhero Movie Ever Released In Theaters

DISCLAIMER: ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and... [MORE]

ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 9/2/2023, 6:08 PM
Totally want to see this. I understand that her performance is great and I’m a Lanthimos fan going back to Dogtooth.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 9/2/2023, 6:10 PM
Good for her to be comfortable in her own skin to want to do this. The source material is supposed to be pretty graphic
Fogs
Fogs - 9/2/2023, 6:15 PM
Can't wait for this great comicbook adaptation.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/2/2023, 6:31 PM
Wasn't aware this was an adaptation of a novel, I thought it was the director's own original idea.

For this kind of film about a character that is literally about coming into her own after being revived ala Frankenstein it makes sense that her sexuality would be explored to such a wide degree. It's issue when other films that are nowwhere about deep-dive character focused work like this do the same and it's just a gratitious, titillating take on the act itself.

Not my type of film but I wonder how it'll perform box office-wise when there's a lot in September: Equalizer 3, Nun 2, A Haunting in Venice, Exp4ndables, The Creator and now this one too.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/2/2023, 6:41 PM
Bradley Cooper's film "Maestro" in the Venice Film Festival also received some good feedback. The voice for Rocket Raccoon is doing fine being behind the camera.



So is doing Michael Mann's "Ferrari" starring Adam Driver whom we heard was the first option for Reed Richards in the MCU's F4 reboot.



KWilly
KWilly - 9/2/2023, 6:50 PM
Andrew Garfield in the theater seeing this movie...

NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/2/2023, 6:51 PM
There still don't appear to be reviews for David Fincher's "The Killer" starring Michael Fassbender (Magneto, "X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past, Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix") but this poster is pretty cool.

Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/2/2023, 7:32 PM
@NinnesMBC - that's a killer poster
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 9/3/2023, 12:35 AM
@Slotherin -

Objectively:


Subjectively:
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 9/2/2023, 6:57 PM
She did a graphic sex scene?
Origame
Origame - 9/2/2023, 7:01 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - I like to think that's how mamoa just goes to the movies. They ask him which seat he wants and he's like "I brought my own" just so he can throw it in the theater like that.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/2/2023, 7:31 PM
@Origame - this is my favorite thing to envision for the time being
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 9/2/2023, 7:15 PM
I might just watch this on fast forward then slow mo then fast forward then slow mo and so on till it ends.

ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 9/4/2023, 5:51 AM
@slickrickdesigns - No rewind?
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 9/4/2023, 11:34 AM
@ElvenKingSlayer - ooooh yeah… rewind, replay, rewind, replay and soooooo oooooon
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 9/2/2023, 7:21 PM
I support Emma Stone being fully nude!

KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 9/2/2023, 7:29 PM
HELL YEAH TIDDIES!!!. I know there's lots of dudes here to hate women but I for one can't wait!!
Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/2/2023, 7:33 PM
Hehe, this is on my radar now
StSteven
StSteven - 9/2/2023, 7:39 PM
Well, visually this movie certainly looks quite titillating indeed. Titillating, intriguing, nubile, flexible, and insatiable. Just the way I like my movies. Visually.
billnye69
billnye69 - 9/2/2023, 7:46 PM
Ai will show you nudes of anyone you want. *shrug*
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 9/2/2023, 7:50 PM
10 years late.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/2/2023, 8:48 PM
TITTIES
Nightmare
Nightmare - 9/2/2023, 9:34 PM
@GhostDog -
gtabreaker
gtabreaker - 9/2/2023, 8:50 PM
This look awful.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 9/3/2023, 9:27 AM
@gtabreaker - clowns like you only watch superhero movies, aka the worst film goers
gtabreaker
gtabreaker - 9/3/2023, 9:04 PM
@bobevanz - You are damn right.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/2/2023, 9:13 PM


This sounds terrible.

See all you perverts there on day one.

Spawnnn
Spawnnn - 9/2/2023, 10:50 PM
So this is why its raining 10s.

EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 9/3/2023, 12:58 AM
I have to say the concept and synopsis sounds horrible to me, but you had at Emma Stone and "graphic sex scenes". LOL.

Still ain't gonna see it in theaters but I'll check it out eventually, and hopefully it'll turn me around on its story concept. It's been getting good reviews.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/3/2023, 6:45 AM
@EgoEgor - I'll need a private setting to view this one anyway
bobevanz
bobevanz - 9/3/2023, 9:26 AM
@EgoEgor - why don't you go to the movie theater?
FriendoGhus
FriendoGhus - 9/3/2023, 5:04 AM
Gentlemen, you had my curiosity… but now you have my attention
bobevanz
bobevanz - 9/3/2023, 9:28 AM
I'm excited for this, While I wasn't a huge fan of The Favourite I immensely enjoyed all of his previous films. I'm in, I don't need nudity to see a movie, like most of you degenerates lol
View Recorder