Jake Gyllenhaal's Intimate Scenes With Jennifer Aniston Were "Torture But Also Not Torture"

Jake Gyllenhaal revealed that something called "the pillow technique" was used while filming the intimate scenes with Jennifer in The Good Girl

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is making headlines after describing intimate scenes as "torture but also not torture" in an interview with US radio personality Howard Stern. Asked about filming the scenes with co-star Jennifer Aniston in 2002 film The Good Girl, the 40-year-old actor said, "(It) was torture, yes it was. But it was also not torture. I mean, come on, it was like a mix of both," reports The Independent. "Weirdly, love scenes are awkward, because there are maybe 30, 50 people watching it," he continued, calling intimate scenes "oddly mechanical" and comparing them to choreographed fight or dance sequences.

Jake Gyllenhaal revealed that something called "the pillow technique" was used while filming the scenes in The Good Girl and he also disclosed whose idea that was. I think that was actually a Jennifer suggestion," he said. "I think she was actually very kind to suggest it before we began... She was like, 'I'm putting a pillow here.' That was it, that was all she said," reports Entertainment Weekly. Fun fact - Jake Gyllenhaal used to have a crush on Jennifer Aniston who shot to fame as Rachel Green on F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

The Good Girl starred Jennifer Aniston as a depressed wife in a small Texas town who starts an affair with the cashier (Jake Gyllenhaal) of the store she works at.