{"id":2370710,"date":"2026-04-13T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2370710"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:13:53","slug":"michael-angarano-says-stunt-rehearsals-for-sex-scenes-in-new-tv-show-with-elle-fanning-left-him-sore-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/michael-angarano-says-stunt-rehearsals-for-sex-scenes-in-new-tv-show-with-elle-fanning-left-him-sore-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Angarano Says &#8216;Stunt Rehearsals&#8217; for Sex Scenes in New TV Show with Elle Fanning Left Him \u2018Sore\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Michael Angarano revealed why the &#8220;stunt rehearsals&#8221; for his sex scenes with Elle Fanning left him \u201csore\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The pair costar in the new series <em>Margo\u2019s Got Money <\/em>Troubles on Apple TV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Angarano caught up exclusively with PEOPLE at the show\u2019s N.Y.C. premiere on April 8<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Angarano;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/maya-erskine-husband-michael-angarano-200340157.html\">Michael Angarano<\/a> is opening up about filming sex scenes with his <em>Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/em> costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elle Fanning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/elle-fanning\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Elle Fanning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Angarano, 38, caught up with PEOPLE exclusively at the show\u2019s New York City premiere on April 8. During the conversation, the actor revealed that things got pretty physical during the preparation for his intimate scenes with Fanning, 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had rehearsals that were for our sex scenes \u2014 but they called it stunt rehearsals \u2014 and it was actually kind of fun thinking of it like stunt work,\u201d Angarano explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Elle Fanning and Michael Angarano in &#8216;Margo&#8217;s Got Money Troubles&#8217; on Apple TVCredit: Apple TV<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou&#8217;re sore after,\u201d he said, before adding that it was a \u201cbonding\u201d experience.<\/p>\n<p>Angarano also said that portraying an on-screen relationship with Fanning was \u201creally fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve known each other as friends, and, you know \u2026 I was really excited to do it with her because it&#8217;s such a complicated relationship,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oppenheimer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/christopher-nolans-oppenheimer-everything-know-222212256.html\"><em>Oppenheimer<\/em><\/a> actor said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIt&#8217;s so dimensional and heavy, and \u2026 I think the show does a really good job of this in general, where it presents very dysfunctional, flawed people, but doesn&#8217;t really judge them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people would cast aspersions about their relationship. It&#8217;s inappropriate, it&#8217;s many things, and he does not treat it well, but it was really fun. It was just a really fun thing to explore,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple TV series, adapted from Rufi Thorpe&#8217;s bestselling novel, centers around Margo (Fanning), a young woman who gets pregnant following an affair with her married English professor (Angarano) and faces money problems. The show, which also stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michelle Pfeiffer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/michelle-pfeiffer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nicole Kidman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/nicole-kidman\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Kidman<\/a>, was co-produced by Elle&#8217;s older sister, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dakota Fanning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/dakota-fanning\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Fanning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While speaking to PEOPLE exclusively at the premiere, Elle revealed that Dakota, 32, was often on set and helped guide her performance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Elle and Dakota Fanning at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los AngelesCredit: Jamie McCarthy\/WireImage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/36A0A9E5F44CB9D01060DB76B4DC85EDB71428545E81FB4F6F60CA4CEB7DF121\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960_h640;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_people_articles_471%2Ff973c131c1891968af6658ddbdab5310\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Elle and Dakota Fanning at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los AngelesCredit: Jamie McCarthy\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe absolutely loved the book and was really taken with it as well, and she was on set a lot, and she&#8217;s kind of my interpreter, you know?\u201d the <em>Sentimental Value<\/em> actress explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I can get a little heady and I have all these big ideas, and then she kind of makes it happen and grounds me a little bit, and we balance each other out in a business sense in a really nice way,\u201d Elle added.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/michael-angarano-says-stunt-rehearsals-for-sex-scenes-with-elle-fanning-left-him-sore-exclusive-11947553\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/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 www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Michael Angarano revealed why the &#8220;stunt rehearsals&#8221; for his sex scenes with Elle Fanning left him \u201csore\u201d The pair costar in the new series Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV Angarano caught up exclusively with PEOPLE at the show\u2019s N.Y.C. premiere on April 8 Michael Angarano is opening up about filming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2370711,"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":[25177],"tags":[25317,313667,362908,376625,459378,346081],"class_list":["post-2370710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-apple-tv","tag-dakota-fanning","tag-elle-fanning","tag-michael-angarano","tag-money-troubles","tag-sex-scenes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Angarano-Says-Stunt-Rehearsals-for-Sex-Scenes-in-New.com2Fen2Faol_people_articles_4712F72f0c5b032ab32287c9dd6c885d0894a.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370710","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=2370710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370712,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370710\/revisions\/2370712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}