John Cena reveals what he really thinks of sex scenes after awkward Trainwreck romp with Amy Schumer Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 22:30, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 22:31, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments John Cena has said filming sex scenes is 'the worst,' revealing how 'embarrassing' the on-set experience can be.
The 47-year-old wrestler became a movie star in the 2015 comedy Trainwreck , which featured a hilariously awkward romp with him and Amy Schumer . When asked to 'talk dirty,' his character makes a mess of the assignment, telling a bizarre story about thinking his girlfriend looked like a man from behind. Now John has told the unglamorous truth of what it was really like behind the scenes of the intimate sequence - and why there was in fact 'nothing intimate about it.
' He gave his unfiltered take on the making of a sex scene, sharing that 'it's different' than people in the audience 'think it is,' on the podcast Club Shay Shay . John Cena has said filming sex scenes is 'the worst,' revealing how 'embarrassing' the on-set experience can be, in an appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast; pictured last week Read More John Cena passionately kisses wife Shay Shariatzadeh as he joins Awkwafina and Simu Liu at starry premiere of their new film Jackpot! Trainwreck featured John amid an all-star cast including Saturday Night Live alum Bill Hader, veteran comic Colin Quinn, and Oscar winners Tilda Swinton and Brie Larson, with NBA legend LeBron James as himself. John explained that audiences only see the two actors simulating sex onscreen, but the set includes 'a whole f***ing world' of production staff watching the action.
'And this is like a great production nonetheless. But dude, man, like, catering was right there, and like the sound tent is right there,' he told host Shannon Sharpe. 'They started off, we started off practice – it’s like a closed set.
And I’ve come to grips with like, oh, this is who you are, you work everyday to be the best you can, f*** it, let it all hang out,' the Ricky Stanicky star recalled. John explained that 'there are so many people you need to make a movie. There is nothing intimate about it, nothing.
So like, it’s real embarrassing.' He noted that 'a comedic sex scene, where you’re like making fun of yourself' is an extra challenge, as he was told: 'Try to have the most awkward sex you possibly can.' To fulfill that obligation 'with an audience watching that, that’s – it’s different.
I don’t wanna say it sucks. It’s different than you all think it is,' said John. Even though he found the sex scene to be a difficult task, he showered praise on his co-star, whom he described as an 'angel.
' The 47-year-old wrestler became a movie star in the 2015 comedy Trainwreck, which featured a hilariously awkward romp with him and Amy Schumer She led the cast as hard-living columnist called Amy, while John played a gym bunny called Steven who dates her early in the movie In one of the film's many raunchy scenes, Amy and Steven are having sex when she asks him to 'mix it up a little bit' and 'talk dirty to me' Amy wrote and acted in Trainwreck, which turned her into a movie star after she had already become a TV sensation on the sketch show Inside Amy Schumer. She led the cast as hard-living columnist called Amy, while John played a gym bunny called Steven who dates her early in the movie. In one of the film's many raunchy scenes, Amy and Steven are having sex when she asks him to 'mix it up a little bit' and 'talk dirty to me.
' Steven initially resists, knowing he is about to 'sound stupid,' but Amy prods him and he relents - with hilariously disastrous results. Casting around for an appropriate bon mot, he reaches for what he knows - fitness lingo - and starts promising to 'fill you with protein' and 'put my green drink in you.' Steven initially resists, knowing he is about to 'sound stupid,' but Amy prods him and he relents - with hilariously disastrous results Casting around for an appropriate bon mot, he reaches for what he knows - fitness lingo - and starts promising to 'fill you with protein' and 'put my green drink in you' He becomes so desperate for something to say that he starts throwing out random phrases in Mandarin, which he has just started to learn.
Steven eventually launches into a story about how he once thought she looked 'like a dude' from behind, at which point - to her horror - he climaxes. Amy has raved about filming the sex scene with John, cheekily saying: 'He's huge' and adding that people on set 'just gasped.' The movie includes a moment where Steven emerges from the shower with a towel hanging over his handsomely endowed manhood.
Amy however revealed that a prop phallus was used in the making of the scene, explaining: 'I think it was part of a broomstick,' via E! News . 'Jimmy was our prop guy and he was whittling one day. I was like: "What you doing, Jimmy? What you working on?" He was like: "I'm making John's erection.
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