Aimee Lou Wood spoke openly about the erotic scenes she returned to The White Lotus series, comparing them to those she did in sex education. As a half of the “cursed” couple Rick and Chelsea in the 3rd season of White Lotus, Wood had to face some bold scenes. Although it was not completely new for her, this experience proved to be quite different from the previous ones. In an interview with GQ on April 8, she explained what it was that shooting at White Lotus more “well” and why she now sees her job differently in the past.

Solidarity with its co -stars in White Lotus

Before shooting her erotic scenes with Walton Goggins (Rick), Wood had the opportunity to discuss it with two colleagues in the series. As she herself told GQ, Michelle Monaghan (Jaclyn) and Carrie Coon (Laurie) went out to eat and talked about their scenes, discussing, among other things, whether the nudity was necessary to tell their story.

Comparing her with her experience in sex education, she said: “This made me feel much better, because what bothered me in the sex ed – which I just realize – wasn’t what I did, but the fact that I felt I was the only one.”

He explained that other key characters in the British teenage drama series did not have to reach such “extreme” levels that season, adding: “I think that was what made me feel exposed.”

Her experience in sex education

Although he had previously stated that he estimates the fact that sex education was one of the first series to use intimacy coordinators, had shared in an interview with Guardian in 2021 that he was intense anxiety about a masturbation scene in the first season:
“You’re alone, you don’t have another actor to make fun of and say ‘that’s a little uncomfortable!'”

Since then, Wood has stated that it is now much more conscious when it comes to such scenes. In February, he told Elle: “The sex ed taught me a lot, and because I did so many things in the first season, after that I said: ‘Ok. From now on I’ll be more selective. ‘

Although he felt he had the support of production, he said he was now much more “aware” of what is really necessary: ​​”Now I think: ‘This scene needs? Can we tell the story with a look or kiss? ‘ It’s always a matter of what the scene wants to say. Because if we can say it without a full nudity or erotic scene, then let’s try it. “

Having a reason

When it was time to return the most intense moments of Rick and Chelsea’s relationship, Wood told Elle that she had the opportunity to express her opinion before, during and after shooting – even asking for changes if she wanted.
“I said, ‘No, I think it’s a great scene because it shows a side of their relationship that we wouldn’t see otherwise.'” He said, adding that it was “important to stay these scenes”.

Was their relationship finally healthy?

As for whether Rick and Chelsea’s relationship was ultimately healthy, Wood recently told Bustle that what pulse Chelsea at Rick was “incurable wounds” from the past.
“If she was treated and really working with herself, she would probably have made a completely different choice,” he commented.