You may also remember that she starred in Alfonso Cuaron's 1998 film adaptation. high expectationsin which she played Estella opposite Ethan Hawke as Finnegan Bell.
The 1861 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel of the same name contained several scenes that would have been considered very racy for the time, but apparently they could have been even racier.
During a one-on-one interview with Vanity FairGwyneth and Ethan reunited and she was asked if she remembered the hot, steamy sex scene that Alfonso gave, but Gwyneth passed out. “Do you remember Alfonso offering you a love scene?” asked Ethan.
“Oh, my God,” Gwyneth responded, explaining that the cutscene showed Ethan “falling over” her, aka Estella, receiving oral sex from Finnegan. “I thought, 'Oh my God, my dad is going to have a heart attack.'
For context: Gwyneth's father is film director Bruce Paltrow, and her mother is an actress. Blythe Dannertherefore, her family was well aware of her filmography, given their proximity to the film industry.
Ethan, without any reservations, attempted to recreate the way Alfonso imagined the scene, describing it in extreme detail. “The camera will go down on your stomach, then on your chest, and then on your face as you reach ecstasy,” Ethan said. “And then, when you reach ecstasy, the light will explode like the sun!”
“I remember looking at Gwyneth and Gwyneth was like, 'Alfonso… I'll never do that,'” Ethan said, covering his face.
Marty Supreme The actress revealed why she actually turned down the scene. “Early in my career, I was very embarrassed that my father and grandfather saw things like that,” she said. “Like it really bothered me. Now I wouldn't care.”
Ethan praised Gwyneth's early decision and its impact on her career. “I think with that scene you were aware of how the business works and how such images can be manipulated and what that meant to your father. And you were amazing the way you handled it,” he said. “You weren't irritable. You just said, “Look, I'm not going to do this.”
Of course, today Gwyneth is not shy about such scenes. She visited Central Park again (the place where Finnegan and Estella kissed) in Marty Surprem.
You can hear about Marty Supreme scene and more in the full interview Here.
