Amanpour and Company

WHY WAIT THIS LONG TO DO THE SEX SCENES, THE NAKED SCENES, HAVE YOU BEEN BATTING AWAY THESE OFFERS ALL YOUR CAREER? >> NO, WHICH MAY COME AS A SURPRISE BUT I SUSPECT IT IS NOT. I DID MY FIRST BIG SEX SCENE WITH BELOVED JEFF GOLDBLUM WHERE WE SPENT THREE DAYS NAKED IN "THE TALL GUY" RICHARD CURTIS' FIRST FILM AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED WAS BEING NAKED ON SET MADE EVERYONE TERRIBLY KIND AND SORT OF PROTECTIVE. PEOPLE WOULD BRING YOU A CUP OF TEA, BE STANDING THERE NAKED, HERE YOU ARE, CHRISTIANE. HERE'S YOUR TEA. THEN THEY WALK AWAY LIKE THAT. JUST MAKE SURE THEY DON'T LOOK DOWN. THAT EVERYONE WAS SO SENSITIVE. AND ACTUALLY I SALUTE THAT CREW BECAUSE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IF I EVER HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO BE FRIGHTENED. >> THEREFORE YOU WEREN'T IN GOOD LUCK TO YOU LEO GRANDE. >> NO. ONE OF THE REASONS WAS I WAS WORKING WITH THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN SOPHIE HYDE AND WE HAD REHEARSAL DARRELL AND I AND WE BOTH, IT IS ALWAYS VERY NERVE-RACKING. >> DARRELL McCORMICK IS A VERY YOUNG COSTAR. WE HAVEN'T SAID WHAT THE FILM IS ABOUT BECAUSE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT EMMA THOMPSON AND THE NAKED SCENE. WE'LL GET TO THE FILM IN A MOMENT. >> WELL, HOW WE PREPARED FOR IT WAS WE ALL TOOK OUR CLOTHES OFF THE THREE OF US. WE JUST CLOSED THE REHEARSAL ROOM. >> YOU MEAN THE DIRECTOR AND YOU TWO STARS. >> YES, YES. WE SAT ON THE FLOOR. AND TALKED ABOUT OUR BODIES. THEN WE DREW AROUND OUR BODIES ON GREAT BIG PIECES OF PAPER AND MARKED OFF THE PLACES WHERE WE HAD THE SCARS, THE BITS WE DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, I CROSSED OUT THE WHOLE THING BASICALLY. OF COURSE THAT IS MY BRAIN WASHING FROM VERY EARLY ON. McAND WE WERE SET FREE BY THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE MADE THE FILM AND THE FILM GOES, WE SPENT 19 DAYS TOGETHER MAKING THE FILM. IT'S BASICALLY CONVERSATION. WHEN WE GOT TO THE END AND HAD TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF, IT WAS LIKE BEING RELEASED. WE WERE VERY HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE AND WE HAD NO WORDS WHICH WAS UTTER BLISS BECAUSE WE HAD SPENT SO LONG LEARNING THESE LONG, LONG SPEECHES AND WE WOULD DO VERY LONG TAKES, 12 TO 13 PAGES OF DIALOGUE AT A TIME. SO IT WAS AN INTENSE, VERY INTENSE EXPERIENCE. THEN FINALLY, DURING OUR SEX SCENES TOGETHER, WAS SORT OF LIKE CHRISTMAS REALLY.