Why Mahershala Ali Wouldn't Film Sex Scene For Benjamin Button

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The Oscar winner said, 'I don't do simulated sex.' (via toofab)

"So my old agent called me and said, 'Mahershala, you got the part,'" he recalled."And I said, 'There’s just one thing -- There is that one sex scene where they kiss. If there's a sex scene, I can't do it.’'"He accepted the part and director David Fincher appeared to keep the scene between Mahershala and co-star Taraji P. Henson more PG-rated.

"Taraji and I begin to kiss, and we fall out of the frame," he explained."It wasn't clear if [Fincher] was trying to have like some bumping and grinding -- which I doubt he was. But for me even, at that time, 15 years ago, I was still like, 'OK, I can only go up to this point,' just because of -- just trying to hold a space of respect for my religion."

 

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TooFab Finally someone in Hollywood with standards. Thanks Mahershala Ali for standing by your convictions.

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TooFab No one: Absolutely no one: Not ONE person: Oscar winner: 'I don't do simulated sex.'

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TooFab Jim Caviezel doesn't do love/sex scenes, either. But for him it is out of respect for his wife.

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