Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones reveals all on show's hot sex scenes

ACTRESS Daisy Edgar-Jones has spoken about filming her “amazing” graphic sex scenes in hit show Normal People.

The 22-year-old said she and on-screen boyfriend Paul Mescal felt “free” to act out going for it in the steamy bonkfest after chats with an intimacy coach.

The BBC’s raunchiest ever show follows the turbulent love story between well-heeled teen Marianne Sheridan, played by Daisy, and Paul’s working-class lad Connell Waldron.

The 12 episodes feature 41 minutes and 15 seconds of bedroom action, including a nine-minute scene and full-frontal romps.

The BBC Three series, based on the novel by Sally Rooney, caused outrage in Ireland, where it is set — with Bishop Michael Cox saying: “Morally, it is wrong.”

But Daisy said she enjoyed watching the scenes back and had not been “crippled with self-doubt” because of the work she and Paul put in beforehand with intimacy expert Ita O’Brien.

She added: “It was an amazing process. I can’t believe that it’s not been the norm for a very long time because it feels like I don’t know how else you would go about doing those scenes.

“They are integral to telling the story of a relationship between two people as they grow up. The physical side of things is an incredibly important part of that.”

Daisy — snapped last week wearing thigh-high leather boots and a split dress for a London photoshoot — added of Ita: “We discussed at length with her what exactly we were trying to communicate with each moment.

“We would discuss what each other was comfortable with day to day so you never felt like you were going to overstep anybody’s boundaries. Weirdly, we were kind of more free, because of the structure that was put in place.

“When we were filming...we knew what each other was comfortable with, so there was never any worry of, ‘Am I able to do this because I don’t want to make that person feel uncomfortable if they’re not OK with it?’.”

Daisy went on: “Strangely, those scenes were some of the least challenging once you kind of got the first few under your belt.

“You knew exactly what you were doing...so there wasn’t much room for nuance.

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“Whereas, with a big, long dialogue scene, you might start one place but you know your character is going to journey to a very different conclusion by the end.”

Normal People heart-throb Paul Mescal defended the show’s sex scenes between students in school uniform and insisted they were accurate as many teens are at it.

Paul told The GAA Hour podcast he was “proud” of his trysts on screen.

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