Opening up about making her new drama ‘Best Interests’, actress Sharon Horgan has admitted filming a sex scene with Michael Sheen in the show was “so awkward”.
Sharon Horgan has admitted filming a sex scene with Michael Sheen in ‘Best Interests’ was “so awkward”.
The 54-year-old Irish writer and performer, known for her work on ‘Bad Sisters’ and ‘Catastrophe’, said she has filmed numerous intimate scenes before, often to the amusement of her daughters – but it was her latest that caused her most embarrassment.
She told Page Six in a chat about the raunchy scene in drama ‘Best Interests’: “(My daughters) take the p*** out of me because they’re like, ‘Why do you have to write yourself having a sex scene in the first five minutes of that show?’”
She added about her newest raunchy sheen with Michael, which happens in a a small train car bathroom: “I didn’t know why it was really awkward. “Sometimes you just feel like everyone’s a peeping Tom and you want to say, ‘F*** off, what are you doing? Get that camera out of here!’”
Despite the discomfort, she was pleased with the end result, adding: “It captured a slice of real life.”
Acorn TV series ‘Best Interests’ features Sharon and Michael as a married couple fighting for their disabled daughter’s care.
Their 13-year-old child, Marnie – played by Niamh Moriarty – has a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
When doctors suggest that continuing treatment is not in Marnie’s best interests, her parents are torn apart by differing views on how to proceed.
Sharon revealed the storyline resonated with her personally, adding: “My first daughter contracted meningitis. She got meningococcal septicemia, so we were very close to losing her, and she was only 14 months old.”
Initially, Sharon hesitated to take on the project with Michael, having just finished the first season of ‘Bad Sisters’.
She said: “I was a bit jaded, a bit exhausted.”
But the producers convinced her, explaining they wanted to highlight how “a family can continue in the worst possible situations”.
Sharon has previously addressed themes of resilience in her work, and added to Page Six about the pattern: “We all go through terrible things. But there’s always a moment where we crack up or someone says something terrible and it lightens the mood.”
Sharon Horgan admits filming sex scene with Michael Sheen was ‘so awkward’
