The stars of Yorgos Lanthimos' new film also sang the praises of Emma Stone.
It’s always uncomfortable and awkward and strange, Plemons says.
But Yorgos creates a good environment.
Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe in ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
Intimacy coordinators essentially turn it into a piece of choreography, he says.
Dafoe has a more appreciative perspective, framing sex scenes as an asset to performances and character building.
I don’t have a problem with those kinds of scenes, he says.
Jesse Plemons in ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
In Yorgos films, characters often go to uncomfortable places and do uncomfortable things, he says.
However, the heaviness of a scene isnt necessarily reflected in the atmosphere on set while shooting it.
It doesn’t feel like you’re in a dark environment.
Willem Dafoe in ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
It’s all pretty light: People are friendly, people are joking.
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Having done those scenes with Yogos as the director, I trust him and Emma, he explains.
Emma Stone and Joe Alwyn.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
That familiarity and trust is a huge part of it.
Dafoe also sang the praises of Stone, with whom he previously starred inPoor Things.
They don’t have that natural non-actor quality.
She’s pushing it.
Kinds of Kindnessis now playing in select theaters before expanding wide on June 28.
