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Behind The Scenes: The Normal Heart – Murphy Hired A Sex Choreographer

<p>If you are still reeling from the powerful potency of THE NORMAL HEART that was screened on Sky Atlantic TV last night, then here is a little known fact about how director RYAN MURPHY made the sex scenes so authentic and very sensual.</p> <p>by Roger Walker-Dack | 2nd June 2014</p><p></p><p>He hired a Sex Choreographer!</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4610398109.jpg" width="460" height="341" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>Whilst most of the actors playing gay men were actually gay (a real novelty in Hollywood even today) lead man <a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/tags/MarkRuffalo">Mark Ruffalo</a> is not. </p><p></p><p>Ruffalo was playing Ned and his affair with Felix is gut wrenching and is one of the relationships that drives the film. It did however require Ruffalo and <a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/tags/MattBomer">Matt Bomer</a> to perform some intense sex scenes in a bathhouse and in bed.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4610398110.jpg" width="461" height="286" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>So Murphy hired a former Broadway choreographer who he knew specialised in these scenes and he explained, 'So he would come and he would work with the actors and it was like, ‘Okay, then you move your leg here, and your asshole goes up here, and then your neck goes over here.’ So we worked on it, so the actors felt like, ‘Okay, I’m in “A Chorus Line.” I can do it.’”</p><p></p><p>Ruffalo had never even kissed a guy on camera before, and Boomer had never been that intimate in a movie, and although they were both terrified, they put in stunning performances as they knew it was an essential part of the story.</p><p></p><p>ALSO READ:</p><p><a href="http://thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/REVIEW-The-Normal-Heart/8196887">REVIEW: The Normal Heart</a></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/Facebook-Introduces-Gay-Pride-Icons/8201520">Facebook Introduces Gay Pride Icons</a></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/Act-Up-Paris-Faces-Closure-After-Lawsuit/8197390">Act Up Paris Faces Closure After Lawsuit</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4609840223.png" width="460" height="30" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id616631043?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Read this and other stories on our free app for iTunes</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n52474532">or for Android phones</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id770600575?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Apple Device</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.presspadapp.thegayuk">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Android Device</a></p><p> </p>

If you are still reeling from the powerful potency of THE NORMAL HEART that was screened on Sky Atlantic TV last night, then here is a little known fact about how director RYAN MURPHY made the sex scenes so authentic and very sensual.

by Roger Walker-Dack | 2nd June 2014

He hired a Sex Choreographer!

Whilst most of the actors playing gay men were actually gay (a real novelty in Hollywood even today) lead man Mark Ruffalo is not.

Ruffalo was playing Ned and his affair with Felix is gut wrenching and is one of the relationships that drives the film. It did however require Ruffalo and Matt Bomer to perform some intense sex scenes in a bathhouse and in bed.

So Murphy hired a former Broadway choreographer who he knew specialised in these scenes and he explained, 'So he would come and he would work with the actors and it was like, ‘Okay, then you move your leg here, and your asshole goes up here, and then your neck goes over here.’ So we worked on it, so the actors felt like, ‘Okay, I’m in “A Chorus Line.” I can do it.’”

Ruffalo had never even kissed a guy on camera before, and Boomer had never been that intimate in a movie, and although they were both terrified, they put in stunning performances as they knew it was an essential part of the story.

ALSO READ:

REVIEW: The Normal Heart

Facebook Introduces Gay Pride Icons

Act Up Paris Faces Closure After Lawsuit

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