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Published 16:13 27 Jul 2026 GMT
Kate Winslet once opened up about the intimate scenes she shared with Idris Elba in their 2017 survival drama, The Mountain Between Us.
The Brits starred in the Hany Abu-Assad-directed flick, alongside the likes of Dermot Mulroney and Beau Bridges.
But when the pair guest starred on the Graham Norton show to promote the film, Winslet let slip that Elba had one particular concern when they had to shoot their steamy scenes together.
Celebrities have become more open about their sex scenes in recent times, so while it's no surprise that the Titanic actress did the same, her revelation left many shocked.
She spoke about how she took charge of a sex scene with Elba due to her having more experience than both her co-star and their director.
But in being candid about the experience, the 50-year-old revealed that Elba feels strongly about a certain part of the body.
In a bizarre moment, the actress said that she was told something by her co-star while directing the scene.
She recalled Elba asking her to 'keep your socks on,' as she added: "I’m like, keep my socks on? Everything else is off. What’s with the socks?”
That's when Winslet then revealed: “He was like, ‘I got a foot thing.’”
Luckily, the actor was there to defend his name.
Except he didn't; he accepted that those were his words, telling Norton: “I got a thing, you know. Just a thing.”
Yet Winslet wasn't one to judge, instead joking that her feet weren't the most enticing, comparing them to Hobbit feet.
“I’ve got very, very big feet and they’re not particularly beautiful feet, either,” she admitted.
But Elba quickly hit back, saying: "They're all right, they're all right."
Many initially believed that Elba hated feet, but Winslet made sure all was clear, explaining that The Wire star doesn't hate feet, revealing: “It’s the opposite, ladies and gentlemen,” she said.
“Idris loves feet.”
Apparently, feet get him going, and the humorous Winslet didn't stop there, joking to the audience: “Everyone take your shoes off!”
Sadly for Elba, they didn't follow her commands.
One other notable A-Lister to open up about their intimate scenes is none other than Aubrey Plaza.
In The To-Do List, she plays Brandy, a recent high school graduate.
The scene in question involves her character enjoying a moment of self-pleasure, as she admitted to Conan O'Brien on his talk show that she was confused after seeing the direction in the script.
Apparently, the script said "Brandy masturbates," and Plaza recalled: "In my head I envisioned a nice scene where you just see my hand slowly go out of frame."
But she said this wasn't the case, explaining: "That's what I thought I was going into, but then when I showed up, the camera was mounted on the ceiling, I was in my underwear and a Clinton T-shirt, and there were a bunch of old men smoking, ya know, the crew guys.
"And then I went and touched myself. I thought I was doing one thing and when I showed up it was a whole different thing, it was a full body shot."
Plaza admitted: "I thought I was doing one thing and when I showed up it was a whole different thing, it was a full body shot and I asked the director 'what should I do' and she said 'masturbate like it says in the script'."
The Batman star Robert Pattinson also spoke about his NSFW moment on camera, which he performed in 2008 film Little Ashes.
While speaking to Germany's Interview Magazine, he revealed that he had to self-pleasure on camera, explaining: "I played Salvador Dali and had to do a lot of scenes where I was naked, and I also had to masturbate. I mean really.
“My orgasm face is recorded for eternity."
