Jameela Jamil opted out of You audition to keep away from doing intimate scenes: ‘I can’t even watch intercourse scenes in movies’

Jamil mentioned she was initially alleged to audition for the most recent season of the crime drama sequence, however when she discovered her “character was supposed to be quite sexy”, she “pulled out of the audition, because I am so shy about anything sexy that I can’t.”

Whereas the actor did not disclose which position she was set to audition for, she referenced sequence lead Badgley’s previous feedback on asking showrunner Sera Gamble for fewer intercourse scenes within the sequence. Jamil additionally praised Badgley for refusing to do intercourse scenes in “You”.

“And then you f****** came out and was like, ‘Yeah, I’m not doing sex scenes anymore…“And I was like, ‘F****** hell, I didn’t even know that was a boundary that we could draw. That’s fantastic.’ But then I was like, ‘I should have gone and done the f****** show’,” she mentioned.

Jamil, additionally identified for She Hulk: Legal professional At Legislation and The Pitch Good: Bumper in Berlin, mentioned she “can’t even watch sex scenes in films”. “Even alone, I’ve to fast-forward by intercourse scenes as a result of I’ve turn out to be so shy about watching different folks. It’s not a disgrace… I really feel there’s an awkwardness round it,” she added.

The actor, throughout the podcast, mentioned she does not establish as “someone who would have enjoyed objectifying myself, personally” “However that’s additionally as a result of I’ve a lot deep, like, childhood, like, sexual trauma stuff. So I believe that was by no means within the playing cards for me. You realize, I nonetheless put on the little skirt or the busty high, however like, often. However typically, I really feel fairly protecting of myself in that manner,” Jamil mentioned.