Spartacus: blood and sand film series#

вЂњBut then you look up and thereвЂ™s some guy watching who says, вЂI operate the fan,вЂ™ and you say, вЂWell, turn it on and get out.вЂ™ вЂќД®ventually, the thrill of seeing naked bodies during 12-hour production days wears off for the crew.

ThereвЂ™s a lot of talking beforehand, then you say, вЂOK. вЂњThereвЂ™s always a layer between bodies,вЂќ Lawless says. You just dive in and make the moment as real as possible,вЂќ Whit- field says. No matter how often you film a bedroom romp, they make for awkward filming, the co-stars say. вЂњWe hope nothing else is contracted,вЂќ she says. Lawless jokes that the nudity was contracted. вЂњI think I got some memo that said, вЂYouвЂ™re going to be naked a lot,вЂ™ вЂќ says Whitfield. In the drama, Spartacus becomes enslaved by the Capuan army and trains to be a gladiator in a school run by the sex-starved Lucretia, played by Lucy Lawless, so memorable from вЂњ Xena, Warrior Princess.вЂќДuring the eight-month shoot, the cast grew accustomed to being naked.

Spartacus: blood and sand film series#

Sex scenes, in fact, come at regular intervals in the series premiere, with full-frontal female nudity 18 minutes into the one-hour episode.

The camera lovingly pans down their writhing naked bodies. In the scene, Thracian he-man Spartacus, played by Welsh-born actor Andy Whitfield, is making love to his wife. вЂSpartacusвЂќ is this yearвЂ™s most notorious flesh-and-blood series.ДЄnd you wonвЂ™t have to wait long for that the flesh arrives six minutes into the first of the Starz dramaвЂ™s 13 episodes, which premiered last night.