There is an aspect of Jana Kramerher husband’s job Alan Russellnot a fan of.
While discussing a recent intimate scene between Jamie (Wes Bentley) and Sarah (Dawn Olivieri) submitted to Yellowstone season 5, Russell, 43, admitted to Kramer’s Whine Down Podcast. that she would not feel comfortable if Kramer, 41, took on a role that included intimate sex scenes. “I was just like, ‘There’s no part of me that would ever, ever, ever allow a man to be that close to you like that (on set),” the Scotland native shared on Monday, Dec. 9.
When asked by Kramer if he would make an exception for a Taylor Sheridan show as YellowstoneRussell stayed put. “I’ll get on the phone to the producers and threaten them (for example): ‘You have to change this scene. For the sake of your health, you need to change this scene,” he said.
As someone outside the entertainment industry, Russell said he doesn’t think actors filming sex scenes is “healthy for any relationship.” He explained: “It’s not good for a marriage, this type of role, it’s not, especially (for) a man who’s not in the acting world. It’s hard. So, therefore, this is my opinion based on (the fact that) I am not in this world.
While Kramer sympathized with her husband’s point of view, she also noted that filming such scenes is something that comes with the job — and something that most actors don’t particularly enjoy.
“It’s literally the most embarrassing thing ever,” she said, noting that the only people usually allowed on set to shoot these scenes are the actors and sound technicians. “It’s so embarrassing for the people who do it. And that’s not a sexy thing.
At the end of the day, Russell said he’d be okay with Kramer taking on more of a NSFW role, but he doesn’t know “how I’m going to handle that.”
Kramer and Russell announced that they were got engaged after six months of dating in may 2023 and the couple welcomed their first child together, son Roman, in November.
Kramer’s children Jolie, 8, and Jace, 6, whom she shares with her ex-husband Mike Kosinwere by her side when she and Russell married in Scotland back in July.
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Later on Monday’s podcast, Cramer and Russell asked their guests Robin Lively and Bart Johnson to consider how sex scenes can affect romantic relationships. Lively, 52, “totally” understands Russell’s point of view, but says “women are wired differently” when it comes to approaching these kinds of scenes.
“There’s nothing sexy about that. It’s uncomfortable. This is embarrassing. It’s like you want to die,” she says. “Fortunately we haven’t had many such experiences since we’ve been married, but, I have to tell you, these scenes are awful.”
Johnson, 53, backed her up, adding: “You create the illusion of this really sexy, crazy moment, but in reality it’s not like that at all.”
