‘I Want Your Sex’ Cast Knows How Hard It Is for Gen Z to Talk About Sex

For filmmaker Gregg Araki, what started as a riff on “50 Shades of Grey” evolved into “I Want Your Sex,” a film starring Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde that takes an honest, unflinching, and yes, kink-filled look into modern sexuality and intimacy.

In the film, which just had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, Hoffman stars as Elliot, a young man in Los Angeles who gets a dream internship working for the provocative, sex-positive artist Erika Tracy, played by Wilde. But soon he becomes more than just Erika’s intern. He becomes her sadomasochistic muse. And that pushes Elliot far outside his comfort zone.

Araki, who has been…