TAMZIN Outhwaite has opened up about filming passionate sex scenes in her new show.
The former EastEnders actress, 53, plays the role of Sylvie in new Channel 5 drama The Wives.
Tamzin Outhwaite stars in new Channel 5 drama The Wives[/caption]
She’s joined by fellow soap alums Jo Joyner and Angela Griffin[/caption]
The actress addressed filming sex scenes for the show in a chat with The Sun’s TV Mag[/caption]
While speaking to The Sun’s TV Mag, Tamzin discussed working with an intimacy coordinator while shooting the show’s sex scenes.
She shared: “Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve had to do anything like that. People don’t ask women in their 40s and 50s to do that very often.
“And to be honest, it was quite liberating, because obviously the whole point is that she’s meant to be free.
“I mean, the fact that she’s dating much younger men and having sex with much younger men, and being confident with it was
a really lovely thing to play.
“I’m not prudish, so I was kind of okay with it. Obviously, we had
intimacy coordinators, which I also never experienced.
“That was my first time having one, and so that was quite strange.”
She added: “You know, someone saying: ‘Is it okay Tamzin if he touches you there?’ and I’d be like: Yeah, just get on with it, let’s take our clothes off and do it’ because you want it to be authentic.
“You don’t want it to look robotic and choreographed.
“You want it to look like it’s spur of the moment, heat of the moment, and full of lust.
“That was quite new for me, having an intimacy coordinator, but I love the fact that you see the girls doing that.
“You don’t actually see the women naked, but you see them in a sexual light, which I thought was quite welcome, really.”
Set in Malta, mystery drama The Wives also stars Jo Joyner as Beth and Angela Griffin as Natasha.
All the characters’ lives are forever impacted in an unprecedented summer as family secrets come to light.
A synopsis reads: “Sylvie Morgan was happily married, Natasha Morgan was swimming in wealth, and Beth Morgan and Annabelle Morgan were thick as thieves.
Tamzin Outhwaite’s roles over the years
Viewers may recognise Tamzin Outhwaite from several projects over the years
- EastEnders (1998-2002, 2018-2019) – Mel Owen
- Doctor Who (2013) – Captain Alice Ferrin
- New Tricks (2013-2015) – DCI Sasha Miller
- Death in Paradise (2022) – Holly Faircroft
- The Tower (2023) – Cathy Teel
“But this year, as they come together again, everything is different.
“Sylvie’s now single and loving life, Natasha’s hiding a desperate financial situation, Beth is barely keeping her life together and Annabelle is, well… dead.”
The cast also includes Christine Bottomley as Annabel, Jamie Bamber as Charlie and Katie Clarkson-Hill as Jade.
The Wives will begin airing Monday, September 16 at 9pm on Channel 5.
The Wives sees a family’s lives change as secrets bubble to the surface[/caption]
Tamzin was formerly married to ‘Miranda’ and ‘Lucifer’ actor Tom Ellis[/caption]
She later formed a romance with Tom Child[/caption]
