The #MeToo movement is a perpetual topic in the showbusiness world, and more and more actresses are speaking out about bad behavior they suffered in their youth. This is the case of Audrey Fleurot, star of the series “HPI”. At the beginning of her career, the actress found herself confronted with despicable behavior that she still remembers today.
A sex scene gone wrong
During a question-and-answer session with readers of Le Parisien, the actress recounts: “I had an experience during a love scene that didn’t go as it was written. I said: ‘But, am I going to end up with his penis on my buttocks live because nothing was planned?’ They answered me: ‘Are you an actress or not? We’re not going to spend the night there'”, she recalls with bitterness.
Faced with the pressure imposed by the production, she complied with the director’s demands, but says she felt “feverish and alone.” “Of course, I should have said no,” she says today, but at the time, she didn’t dare.
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“When you come home, you’re like shit, you feel like something has been stolen from you. It’s a mini-rape, methods that, a priori, will no longer exist. The next day, you hate the director and the production manager tells you that the scene will not be edited. So, there was no need. Just a roundabout way of possessing you. All that was normal,” she laments angrily.
Not a fan of intimacy coordinators
Today, many film shoots use intimacy coordinators to choreograph these sex scenes and make sure everything goes smoothly for the actors and actresses. The new generation of actors is happy about it, but those who have been in this world for many years seem to have a harder time. This is particularly the case for Audrey Fleurot.
“For the new generation of actresses, it’s certainly a plus. For me, who wasn’t used to it, it bothers me more than anything else. I prefer to talk with my partner, the director,” she explains. The “HPI” star nevertheless affirms that the #MeToo movement has been “indispensable,” and that she is delighted to see the measures taken on the sets to protect actors and actresses: “All this is the sign of an old world that we are getting rid of. We need a revolution and heads roll, sometimes excessively, but we don’t have a revolution without it,” she concludes.
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