Ruth Wilson got so upset by the amount of sex scenes in The Affair that she called a meeting to discuss it with the makers of the show. She says she found it “unnecessary and I felt uncomfortable”, adding: “Personally, I didn’t want to keep doing sex scenes and blow jobs.”
What followed was a chat with the directors and the show runner. Everything is now fine, she says.
“You have to listen to yourself in those situations. There’s still sex in it but it wasn’t expected that I would be nude.”
Ruth took the part in The Affair after getting annoyed with the lack of opportunities for women in Hollywood.
“To be honest, I wasn’t really looking at TV for America because I know the contracts and how long they are, but the film scripts weren’t good enough. There’s a very small number of women who get to do the best material that’s around, and there are probably only three movies scripts a year with good female roles in them. So there’s a limited amount of material to do. With television there’s so many shows led by women, it’s amazing.”
Ruth also talked about how hard it was to maintain a relationship when you are an actor. The 34-year-old actress told British Instyle:
“You can’t go on Tinder. You usually tend to find people you’ve known for a long time. It is difficult. Just the nature of the job means it’s difficult. The fame side of it is one aspect. But the fact that you are travelling a lot, or you have to be away a lot. It’s difficult to maintain a relationship even without the fame aspect of it.”
Ruth was asked about her rumoured relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, she replied, “I don’t know. I don’t give much away and I don’t want to. It’s not anyone’s business.”
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