Anya Chalotra reveals why she wanted to do sex scenes herself

Anya Chalotra reveals about THE Witcher, the Netflix fantasy drama has made waves since hitting the streaming service last week and in particular the series’ sex scenes have divided opinion, with many insisting there’s a disproportionate amount of female nudity.

However, there’s no denying that Yennefer, played by Anya Chalotra, is a character who embraces her sexuality. The character’s tragic backstory sees her sold to mages and disowned by her family because of her twisted spine and jaw.

However, once in the magic guild she undergoes a transformation of otherworldly porportions, emerging as a seductress sorceress. Chalotra opened up about deciding to embody the role herself rather than relying extensively on a nude body double.

“I had a body double for the sex scenes, and she was always there. Flora. But I didn’t, I only used her for the first sex scene because I realised very quickly in that first sex scene that actually, I didn’t feel comfortable anyone else portraying Yennefer, because it’s still acting isn’t it?” she explained.

Anya Chalotra

The scene in question saw Yennefer, pre-transformation, making love to Stredd (Royce Pierreson) while an illusory audience summoned by Yennefer applauded the pair. After watching the takes from the body double, Anya rolled up her sleeves and jumped in front of the camera herself.

“I found [watching] that really hard, so if we were going to talk about the sex scenes then it would be how we were best going to film them, so that I was comfortable and you’d get you’d still get what we needed for the story to move on,” “But with the audience, yeah, the wide shot isn’t me. The intimacy between Yennefer and Istrid is. Those close up shots,” she clarified.

Anya Chalotra

“We thought we could portray those scenes without any nudity, semi-nude, but not like the first sex scene where I had to use my body double.

Anya Chalotra

“The only things that I had to get nude for were the scenes, the transformation scene and other scenes which actually really did develop the story.”

Anya Chalotra

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