Filming sex scenes can be awkward enough as it is, but we're guessing it can actually be even more awkward when it's actually with your real life partner.
Well, that's exactly what happened to Emma Sidi, who explained what the process was like for her while filming the upcoming series of Starstruck.
Season 2 opens with Bidi's character Kate having sex with her boyfriend Ian, played by Emma's actual boyfriend Al Roberts, when her best friend Jessie walks in.
The actress admitted to RadioTimes.com that it was all "a bit strange" saying: "I kiss Al a lot and so, in that scene I was kissing my real boyfriend and I was nervous before it.
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"But actually, in that situation, it was like, 'Oh, yeah, I do this every day.'"
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Despite their off-screen relationship, the pair still got a helping hand from an intimacy coordinator.
"Both of us were thinking like, do we really need this? But actually, oh my God, it made such a difference," she said.
"We were so lucky to have it. Because, you know, having comedy sex for a few seconds is obviously very different to the real thing."
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The star continued: "Everybody has their kinks but we're not on camera people you know, so it was really, really helpful to have an outside eye basically give us guidance, make us feel comfortable, and [they] gave us a bouncy ball that we would never have thought of, obviously, that just really helped.
"It made me feel very lucky about the time we're living in that even if it's your own boyfriend, there are still so many things in place to make you feel as comfortable and supportive as possible.
"But yeah, it was memorable. I feel like it's something I might mention, or actually maybe not, mention to grandchildren."
Starstruck season 2 airs on BBC Three on February 7 at 10pm. Starstruck season 1 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Catherine is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, and was the site's News Editor between 2018 and 2024. Prior to that, she worked at OK! Online, and has interviewed a slew of celebrities across her career in entertainment news, including Tom Hanks, Cheryl and Noel Fielding. Catherine also has specialist knowledge in all things drag, interviewing a huge portion of RuPaul’s Drag Race stars, and getting her own drag makeover for Channel 4's show Drag SOS. LinkedIn
