Actress Amanda Seyfried rejected TV role over nonstop sex scenes, refused to get 'naked with a stranger'

Actress Amanda Seyfried revealed during a Sunday conversation with Alec Baldwin at the Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton, New York, that she rejected a television series because of its frequent sex scenes, explaining that she has become increasingly uncomfortable performing intimate scenes as she gets older.

"I was offered a lead in that movie," Gershon said, adding that the nudity "definitely felt kind of exploitative to me."

Seyfried, 40, said her feelings about portraying romantic relationships on screen have changed significantly since the beginning of her career, when she was more enthusiastic about filming intimate scenes.

"Maybe if [the project] came along again [at a later point], maybe I'd be in a different space. But I don't want to deal with being naked with a stranger," Seyfried said.

"Oh, I know why: I was 19, and I didn't want to upset anybody and I wanted to keep my job. That's why," Seyfried said.

"Someone threatened to sue me once because I didn't want to do this sex scene in a certain way," Ricci said.

Keira Knightley previously revealed that becoming a mother changed her willingness to appear nude on camera. The actress incorporated a no-nudity clause into her contracts, allowing her greater control over intimate scenes.

Hollywood has introduced additional protections for actors filming intimate scenes. Jessica Steinrock, an intimacy coordinator, told Fox News Digital that coordinators help establish expectations and consent during production.

"[Intimacy Coordinator] is a relatively new role. It really hit its stride kind of in 2018 when HBO made their commitment to having an intimacy coordinator on all their film sets," she said. "An intimacy coordinator is there to provide safety and framework for scenes of intimacy. Those are scenes of simulated sex, simulated genital contact, or scenes of nudity."

Seyfried, who shares two children with actor Thomas Sadoski, said motherhood has further influenced her willingness to establish boundaries, both professionally and personally.

"I have kids now who are paying attention to what I do, and so I have to be less of a pushover," Seyfried said.