The Unexpected Reality Behind Hollywood's Steamiest Scenes

Henry Cavill, "The Tudors"

Despite the period drama's famous raunchy sex scenes, filming them wasn't as exciting as one would think. Star Henry Cavill said that he had to apologize profusely after filming one particularly hot scene since he'd gotten aroused and felt embarrassed and unprofessional. All that tension certainly couldn't have been one-sided, though.

The More You Know

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Gone With the Wind’s fire scene is old sets being burned.
The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours’ worth.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.