In "Scenes from a Marriage," Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac had their work cut out for them, as the two are often fighting or making up, depending on the scene.
For Chastain, the sex scenes were often the most difficult to shoot as she found them awkward and embarrassing, she said. "For one scene, the intimacy coordinator came in after the first take and said, 'It doesn't look like you guys are having sex,'" the California-born actress told Variety. "That was the note. I was like, 'We're not having sex.'"
Since the scenes are integral to the overall intimacy of the story, Chastain said that Isaac would often sing to her between takes to ease her nerves and make her feel more comfortable. "And there's a song I really like, so he'd start singing in between the takes," she recalled. "So I was like, Okay, just lock eyes on him. The most beautiful part of one of the love scenes is the love in their eyes when they're looking at each other. And he helped create that."
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