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Movie sex scenes are now filmed with four people in the room, and the one person with the authority to say "cut" isn't one of them. Andrew Garfield just described what happens when that design fails. A closed set means the actors, one camera operator, and one boom operator. The director watches a monitor from another room. This became standard practice for intimate scenes because a smaller room protects the actors, and it works. But film sets run on a strict rule. Only the director calls cut.…
Flick__Hub@Flick__HubAug 13
Andrew Garfield reveals that when he was shooting a sex scene with Florence Pugh the camera crew looked away and didn’t tell them when to cut Andrew Garfield: Well, Florence Pugh and I were doing our very first sex scene together for the film. It was a closed set—just me, Florence, our camera operator Stuart, and the boom operator in the room, with the director in another room next door. Josh Horowitz: Right, so extremely intimate setting. Andrew Garfield: Exactly! So we get into the take, and because we didn't hear "cut," we just kept going... a little further than we were originally meant to. It felt safe, so we just let the moment progress. But after a while, both of us telepathically realized, "This is definitely taking a lot longer than expected." Josh Horowitz: (laughs) Oh no, what happened? Andrew Garfield: I look up, and Stuart has the camera resting by his side, turned completely face-first into the corner wall with his head down! The boom operator is standing right next to him doing the exact same thing! They were both so polite and sweet that they couldn't even look anymore! Josh Horowitz: No way! Andrew Garfield: Florence and I just completely cracked up and started shouting, "John, you've got to say 'cut' louder!"