Henry Cavill Says He Doesn't Understand Sex Scenes and Believes They're "Overused These Days"

Henry Cavill is known for playing some attractive characters, like the Man of Steel/Superman, Geralt of Rivia, and Detective Argylle in his most recent picture. He has even thrown his hat in the ring to be one of the next actors to take on the identity of 007 aka James Bond, a secret agent who has always been known as a sex symbol. But if you ask the actor, he may tell you that he’s not really a fan of sex scenes in his movies and shows.

In a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with his Argylle director Matthew Vaughn, the actor said it is often better for a television series or movie not to show sex scenes and leave it up to the viewer to fill in the pieces as “the human imagination” is far more powerful.

Cavill said of sex scenes:

“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. 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 explained that while there are times where “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.”‘”

“[I’m] not a fan of doing them,” he reiterated. Fortunately for Cavill, he does not have any sex scenes in Vaughn’s Argylle. I wonder if his stance will sway filmmakers who cast him in leading roles moving forward.

via: Variety