We've fallen for the tricks many times. Actors are promoting their movie and they gush and gush about the film's sexuality, about how hot the love scenes are, about how the lead actress really had to reach deep inside herself to be able to take her clothes off in front of the camera. And then we see the film. And there's nothing more than necking and a naked shoulder. But you cannot fool us this time, James McAvoy. We already know that Atonement contains nary a naked nay-nay, despite starring the oft-nude Keira Knightley. So talk about those fictional onscreen hummers all you want; we're not biting. According to The New York Daily News:
It was a chilly night in Greenwich Village on Monday for Chanel's premiere of "Atonement." But its British stars heated up the red carpet with a surprisingly detailed behind-the-scenes description of their steamy sex scene."Any funny stories, any anecdotes?" James McAvoy (who made his reputation in 2006's "Last King of Scotland") mused aloud. "Lots … being there while Keira Knightley was being told to [bleep] me off was a high point."
Excuse me? And did she?
"No, of course not."
I asked director Joe Wright if he ever delivered such a command. "Absolutely no comment," he said outside the Cinema Society screening. "I can't believe he told you that!"
Fortunately, Keira was able to sort it out for us.
"It was the sex scene, which I have to say I think is a really good sex scene," she told me. "But it was such a specific thing and it had to be so erotic that we did just say to Joe, 'Come on, talk us through it.'"
And compared to what Wright told the audience before the screening, that was actually one of the cleaner stories of the evening.
This all sounds very odd to us, as Atonement is set in 1935 and we're pretty sure that blowjobs weren't even invented until about 1962, most likely by Keith Richards. Does no one care about historical accuracy in film anymore?
See Keira naked for real at MrSkin.com.
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