Kaya Scodelario Gets Candid About Rejecting Needless Sex Scenes For ‘Skins’ Spinoff
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When “Skins: Fire” creators tried to amp up the show’s sex scenes, the British actor made sure to draw the line.
Kaya Scodelario won global acclaim for her portrayal of rebellious teen Effy Stonem on “Skins,” but when it came time to reprise the character on a two-episode spinoff of the acclaimed British series, the actor was sure to lay down some personal boundaries.
Speaking to The Guardian in an interview published Monday, Scodelario recalled balking at the script for “Skins: Fire,” which aired as part of the series’ seventh season in 2013 and followed a grown-up Effy as she went to work for a London hedge fund.
Given that Effy was now an adult, the show’s creators planned to amp up the sex quotient on “Skins: Fire” ― that is, until Scodelario put her foot down.
“I felt much more confident in saying what I felt during that series,” she recalled. “When the first draft came through, there were a lot of sex scenes in it, and I could tell it was because I turned 18, and that meant that they could show more. And I went back and said: ‘No, there’s no need to do that.’”
Effy’s “Skins: Fire” character arc isn’t particularly surprising given the groundbreaking nature of “Skins,” which premiered in 2007.
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