Yet Alicia Vikander recalled to Harper’s Bazaar UK that she didn’t always have that experience during productions. Vikander, who next stars in Olivier Assayas’ “Irma Vep” TV series, said coordinators “should have existed at the beginning of my career” to hopefully curb uncomfortable encounters. “I’ve been in situations that were not fine, where I didn’t feel I was protected,” Vikander said. The “Tomb Raider” star described one instance of being on set where “everyone was busy doing their own thing and, in the middle, you have an actor who sits there naked for a couple of hours.”
She continued, “And someone is supposed to arrive with a robe, and they don’t. It comes afterwards — [the knowledge that] that was not right. I should have been looked after.” Related ‘Irma Vep’: Crafting a Cinematic Hall of Mirrors Edgar Wright Is Convinced Aubrey Plaza Should Be the Next ‘Tomb Raider’ Related 51 Directors’ Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, and More Oscars 2023: Best Makeup and Hairstyling PredictionsVikander has stripped down for love scenes in “Tulip Fever” and Netflix’s “Earthquake Bird,” but the actress still called onscreen nudity “never easy” to film. “The only thing that can’t be improvised is an intimate scene — you have to make choreography and stick to it. It’s the worst thing ever to do those scenes,” Vikander said. “I am very comfortable with my body and I’ve done quite a bit of nudity and sex scenes, but it’s never easy.” Vikander previously told Harper’s Bazaar UK in November 2019 that she tries to do nude scenes in one take. “I probably did my first sex scene at 20, and it’s always been technical, as it should be; it should never be anything but technical,” Vikander said at the time. “I tell the crew it’s a one-taker. That way, everybody on set is on point, because you have to get it done in one take. Like a dancer, we [choreographed it] the same way.” The star concluded, “I think that’s the way to do it because then everyone feels comfortable and then hopefully, although it is super strange and uncomfortable, a little magic comes through a lens and people will be convinced.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
