![]() ![]() In spite of this, I ’ve always made sure to make myself as comfortable as possible to do what I have to do with my partner regardless of the setting.” “I ’ve been in quite a few productions where some of them I felt very safe, whereas some I didn ’t. At the end of the day, it ’s a numbers game that can benefit the producers,” he shares. “The rise in nudity on our screen comes from people ’s curiosity and the element that ‘sex sells’. He also hints that some sets he has been on haven’t always prioritised the well-being of actors in such scenes. ![]() Mthembu further points out that while it is used as an art form, it is also used to bait viewers into tuning in. In the same breath, I won ’t be doing nude or sex scenes always, I don ’t want to fall into the notion of being typecast as a nudity-type-of-actor,” he adds. “I plan to explore as an actor but in a more tasteful manner. “It ’s quite sad that our progression is only coming at a later stage, whereas the rest of the world has made peace with nudity,” he opines.īut Mthembu cautions, it has to make sense in the storyline. He echoes Padi’s words, he too is excited that local filmmaking is exploring nudity all in the name of art. Luthando “BU” Mthembu, who also had some steamy scenes in Adulting offers his experience as a man. We can only use a body double in respect to the actor's consent as well.” “But if there is no other way that we can make it comfortable and still get the director ’s vision, then we may have to shoot another day or get in a body double. “We can shoot it in a way where if they are not comfortable with revealing the nipple, we can shoot the side-breast and cover the nipples because that also implies nudity. A bad experience as a novice actor on set motivated Matidze to become an intimacy coordinator. It’s very safe and to be honest, I appreciated that the producers did that,” Padi says.Īctor and casting director Keneilwe Matidze was the intimacy coordinator on Adulting, working closely with Padi. “A limited number of people are allowed on the set at that particular time as it becomes a closed set. They will also help choreograph such scenes and how it will be simulated.īut Padi admits that even though she was comfortable, she couldn’t overcome the awkwardness. An intimacy coordinator is a crew member, who works closely with actors and assures their well-being in such scenes. In order to get the scene right, Padi, as it’s the standard in filming such scenes, worked with an intimacy coordinator. “The experience was nerve-racking but I held it down because of the support I had behind the scenes.” “Yes, there is a rise and from what I see, what production houses are doing is taking risks in terms of their storytelling and my question is, why not? ![]() “Nudity will always be scary, especially in SA, we are still cultural in most aspects, but for us to change the narrative, it needs to be done tastefully,” Padi argues. Padi loved it, although she points out, filming such a love scene is anything but sexy – in fact it’s all technical. Take Padi, for example, who didn’t waste time taking off her clothes in a sex scene in the premiere episode of Adulting on Showmax. Some television viewers have expressed outrage – but what’s going to happen when Hollywood’s newfound obsession with full-frontal nudity trockles down to Mzansi? Penile nudity is on the rise on American television as seen in shows like Euphoria, Swarm, Game of Thrones and The White Lotus.įor the actors who portray these characters, they are glad that local storytelling is no longer afraid to go where it has shied away from. We are in the “Golden Era” of butts in your face and boobs out in the open. There is an overwhelming uptick in nudes on local TV, with shows Shaka iLembe, The Black Door, The Wife, Fatal Seduction and Adulting ushering this unstoppable taboo shift on the small screen.Īctors from Nomzamo Mbatha to Thembinkosi Mthembu, Khanyi Mbau, Zamani Mbatha, Dippy Padi, Kwenzo Ngcobo and Mondli Makhoba have flashed the flesh on the small screen in the last year. ![]()
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