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Jacob Elordi details filming X-rated sex scenes with Margot Robbie in 'technical' confession

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Published 18:05 22 Feb 2026 GMT

Jacob Elordi details filming X-rated sex scenes with Margot Robbie in 'technical' confession

He compared the filming of the steamier scenes to various other types.

Poppy Bilderbeck

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Jacob Elordi has opened up about how it was 'super technical' filming certain intense scenes with Margot Robbie in Wuthering Heights.

Emerald Fennell's take on Wuthering Heights was released on February 14 and has caused extreme divide.

It's been praised by some as a bold reimagining of the Emily Brontë classic, but slated by others as too much.

Whatever your take on it, and despite them not being quite as x-rated as first advertised, one thing that is undeniable is the amount of hot, steamy and intense sex scenes thrust throughout.

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And with sex scenes comes the navigation of raw, intimate and intense moments between actors, which star Jacob Elordi has since opened up about, the actor filming alongside Margot Robbie.

In an interview with The Sun, he confirmed the intensity of such scenes, explaining as soon as ‘Action’ is called it was 'like a horse at the race track - straight out of the gates'.

Although, the 28-year-old Euphoria star revealed he doesn't believe filming sex scenes is much different to filming two other types of scene.

He insisted sex scenes are actually “no different to choreographing a fight scene or a dance sequence' given just how 'super-technical' they are.

And there's one scene in particular in the film which stood out for Elordi when it came to the technicality of such scenes and it wasn't a sex scene per say, but still intimate.

The scene in question is when Elordi is 'on top' of Robbie 'with [his] hands'.

The actor detailed the scene had to be choreographed.

"Because, in that kind of light, you only have so much space to move," he continued. "So what you do has to fit in the frame and work with the lighting."

While the movie has amped up the raunchiness from the book, adding in several sex scenes, there's not actually any nudity in the film.

Jacob Elordi broke down the technicality of some of the scenes (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jacob Elordi broke down the technicality of some of the scenes (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Indeed, Robbie addressed this in an interview with USA Today, noting how 'funny' is it given 'the most nudity there is' is 'Jacob with his shirt off'.

"There's no nudity whatsoever other than that. Sometimes, the most provocative moments are when the characters are fully clothed, because there's just been so much buildup," she added.

In an interview with British Vogue, the Barbie star branded the film more of a 'big, epic romance'.

She said: "Not to say there aren’t sexual elements and that it’s not provocative – it definitely is provocative – but it’s more romantic than provocative. This is a big epic romance.

"It’s just been so long since we’ve had one – maybe The Notebook, also The English Patient. You have to go back decades. It’s that feeling when your chest swells or it’s like someone’s punched you in the guts and the air leaves your body."

Praising that feeling as 'signature' to director Fennell, Robbie resolved: "Whether it’s titillating or repulsion, her superpower is eliciting a physical response."

So, if you've still not seen it, go and check it out for yourself.

Featured Image Credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Warner Bros.

Topics: Film and TV, Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie, Sex and Relationships

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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