David O. Russell and Darren Aronofsky on Shooting Sex Scenes

“Then there was the subject of sex. Aronofsky found his film’s love scene between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis awkward to shoot – so much so that he raced through it in half a day, despite having blocked out two days for the scene.

Russell didn’t like shooting The Fighter’s love scenes either, but for an entirely different reason: the fact that all he got to do was observe. “It was a drag for me to be watching these hot people have sex,” he said, and added wistfully, “I’m on the outside looking in.”

-THR