The Housemaid is 2025’s latest thriller film that’s been adapted from a very popular BookTok book by Frieda McFadden.
Nina and Andrew Winchester (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) hire Millie (Sydney Sweeney), a newly released woman from prison, as their new maid. Andrew and Millie have an extremely spicy affair once Nina is kicked out and heads out of town with their daughter, Cecelia. The two are seen having sex everywhere in the Long Island home, as well as in a hotel room where Andrew sensually undresses Nina.
It’s only after they have sex that Millie discovers the terrifying truth behind Andrew’s actions. We won’t spoil it for you here. (You can read this if you want to learn more about the ending.) But what happened when the two actors were filming those steamy scenes?
Director Paul Feig revealed to Cinema Blend that he got the advice from intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot to think of filming them as “stunt” scenes in which he thought was “the key.” “Well, I mean directing a love scene, you know, a sex scene if you will, is always uncomfortable for me,” he told the outlet. “But we had a great intimacy coordinator.”
Feig also explained that the actors had no problem with filming the scenes. “But they were so great,” he continued. “I mean, the two actors who did it, no spoilers, were just so comfortable with it and they were cool. I was the old hung up guy in the room. But by the end of shooting you’re just yelling, you know ‘Have an orgasm!’”
Feig also emphasized his feelings while filming in an interview with The Times. “There’s nobody more uncomfortable with it than this guy,” he told the outlet, while pointing at himself. “But Syd and Brandon are so body positive that they thought it was hilarious that I was so uncomfortable. She’s very proud of how she looks, and you should be.”
“There are so many people I’ve encountered where you’re fighting against their insecurity. She would say, ‘I love women’s bodies,’ and that’s so healthy,” he elaborated. Feig also emphasized that intimacy coordinators are “the greatest thing that’s happened in Hollywood.” He added, “When you have a 63-year-old man amongst all these beautiful young people, you don’t want to be the pervy porn producer, telling people to do stuff.”
Sweeney previously opened up to W Magazine that she feels pretty comfortable showing herself bare on camera. “I don’t get nervous,” she said. “I think that the female body is a very powerful thing. And I’m telling my character’s story, so I owe it to them to tell it well and to do what needs to be done.”
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