{"id":2027753,"date":"2025-09-17T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2027753"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:46:14","slug":"olivia-colman-reveals-what-she-no-longer-wants-to-do-in-character-i-dont-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/olivia-colman-reveals-what-she-no-longer-wants-to-do-in-character-i-dont-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Colman reveals what she no longer wants to do in character: &#8216;I don&#8217;t like it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a successful 25-year career in film and TV, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/crown-set-olivia-colman-imagines-165146677.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Crown;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The Crown<\/a>&#8221; star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/olivia-colman-benedict-cumberbatch-being-130255954.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Colman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Olivia Colman<\/a> knows what she does and doesn&#8217;t like doing on screen. In fact, there is one thing she is very eager to stop doing in character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Anything where I have to show any skin,&#8221; the Oscar-winning actress quickly replied when asked what she fears in her work during an appearance on the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/19\/aubrey-plaza-breaks-silence-on-death-of-husband-jeff-baena\/85728487007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Good Hang with Amy Poehler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Good Hang with Amy Poehler<\/a>&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbggQjzszNs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast episode;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast episode<\/a> that dropped Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then she started joking around with Poehler, putting on a bashful affectation as she continued, &#8220;or pretending to have sex with someone. I don&#8217;t like it. I feel like I&#8217;m being unfaithful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colman, 51, has been married to her husband Ed Sinclair since 2001.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Olivia Colman feels like she's being &quot;unfaithful&quot; when performing intimate scenes on-camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1449\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uco2j_T4XkkEo4leRMyUwQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDk7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_entertainment_893\/d2cdd4096377d3f29630cbdeacb3097c\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Olivia Colman feels like she&#8217;s being &#8220;unfaithful&#8221; when performing intimate scenes on-camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Even when they go, &#8216;You can wear your jeans and a cushion between you.&#8217; I don&#8217;t want to do that with someone I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Poehler agreed, but also said, &#8220;By the way, bless the people that are good at it.&#8221; Colman wholeheartedly agreed, giving a shoutout to on-set intimacy coordinators. She specifically called out Ita O&#8217;Brien, the creator of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intimacyonset.com\/intimacy-on-set-guidelines\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Intimacy On Set Guidelines;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Intimacy On Set Guidelines<\/a>, for her helpful advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She told me &#8230; &#8216;Imagine the sun is hitting your face,&#8221; Colman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Spoilers! <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/roses-stars-olivia-colman-benedict-131536317.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch explain shocking 'The Roses' ending;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch explain shocking &#8216;The Roses&#8217; ending<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The question about her fears came courtesy of her &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/25\/the-roses-movie-review\/85802952007\/#:~:text=Without%20the%20inspired%20pairing%20of,divorce%20from%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Roses.%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Roses;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Roses<\/a>&#8221; costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/roses-stars-olivia-colman-benedict-131536317.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Benedict Cumberbatch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Benedict Cumberbatch<\/a>, who relayed the inquiry to Poehler at the top of the episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Besides the feeling of being unfaithful in her work on-camera, Colman seemed fulfilled in her two-decade marriage, citing her husband as the greatest source of humor in her life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"-mx-4 mb-5 max-w-[750px] md:mx-0\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mx-4 md:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<h2 class=\"text-base font-bold text-primary\">See Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch step out for &#8216;The Roses&#8217; red carpet<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ml-1 font-normal text-primary\"><span class=\"font-bold text-hulk-pants dark:text-thanos\">1<\/span> of <span>31<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative text-sm pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are the quarreling couple at the heart of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/25\/the-roses-movie-review\/85802952007\/\">&#8220;The Roses.&#8221;<\/a> See which stars stepped out for the movie&#8217;s red carpet premiere on Monday, Aug. 25, in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The thing that makes me laugh more than anything, belly laugh, and it doesn&#8217;t happen often enough, is watching my husband fall over or hit his head by accident,&#8221; she told Poehler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/olivia-colman-benedict-cumberbatch-being-130255954.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:an interview with The Guardian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">an interview with The Guardian<\/a> that was published <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/aug\/22\/love-is-great-but-then-one-of-you-will-be-dog-tired-and-doing-the-bins-benedict-cumberbatch-and-olivia-colman-on-how-to-survive-a-marriage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in August;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">in August<\/a>, Colman said, &#8220;I\u2019m quite in love.&#8221; To which Cumberbatch chimed in: &#8220;I am too! It&#8217;s all great. It&#8217;s, y&#8217;know, life. And I know Ed annoys you sometimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Only a bit, and it&#8217;s been 30 years,&#8221;\u00a0she\u00a0retorted. &#8220;It&#8217;s not bad to be a bit annoyed with each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/09\/16\/olivia-colman-sex-scenes-cheating-husband\/86189776007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Colman feels 'unfaithful' acting in sex scenes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Olivia Colman feels &#8216;unfaithful&#8217; acting in sex scenes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful 25-year career in film and TV, &#8220;The Crown&#8221; star Olivia Colman knows what she does and doesn&#8217;t like doing on screen. In fact, there is one thing she is very eager to stop doing in character. &#8220;Anything where I have to show any skin,&#8221; the Oscar-winning actress quickly replied when asked what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2027754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[348302,356046,373593,352416],"class_list":["post-2027753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-amy-poehler","tag-benedict-cumberbatch","tag-ed-sinclair","tag-olivia-colman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Olivia-Colman-reveals-what-she-no-longer-wants-to-do.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}