Protection for actors when filming sex scenes in mainstream movies

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In an interview someone mentioned a protection used when filming scenes featuring simulated sex for mainstream movies. Is there an image of such a contraption? I'm curious how this works.



Best Answer

The male item of costume is called, rather unceremoniously, a cock sock. The female, a snatch patch.
Like it or lump it, that's what they're called.

Basically, a flesh-coloured piece of rather thick material, more like a wash-leather than woven material. The male version is a simple bag with an elastic pull-tie at the top. The female version is flat-ish and is stuck on with adhesive. [I've never actually seen one of these up close - it's not something you really ask about].
I don't think pictures or detailed fitting instructions would be necessary or quite appropriate.

These days due to fashion, quite often a merkin is added, especially for period drama, to give that authentic look.

Anecdotally, though cock socks come in two sizes, costume will always offer the large. You can have a medium if you ask. They don't make small.

If anyone needs citation further than, "I've worn one" ;) then see Cosmopolitan - 10 Surprising Facts About How Hollywood Sex Scenes Really Get Made

This is a bag of marbles. Use your imagination.

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Unsurprisingly, if you google 'cock sock' you will struggle to find the simple flesh-coloured ones used for filming. You will find, errmm… more ornate ones, usually being worn. You've been warned.




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Do actors wear protection during sex scenes?

A genital guard is used when sex is being simulated in a film or on TV. For women, the genital guard looks similar to a plastic shoehorn. It's attached onto the groin with a latex glue to protect the area during filming.

Do actors get boners filming?

Arousal while filming sex scenes is normal \u2014 and there's protocol for dealing with it. Thackeray explained that arousal is very normal when filming sex scenes, telling Insider that actors "are going through the physical and the mind, so yeah, it happens."

What do female actors use to cover their private parts?

So, what you need to do when you're showing naked people rolling around with each other, is you have to give her a pubic wig (a merkin), so that she's covered completely and you have to give him a prosthetic penis, so that there's no genital touching skin."

What is the pillow technique in acting?

It's a dance\u2014you're choreographed for a camera.\u201d He added that the \u201cpillow technique\u201d was used. For those unacquainted with the movie magic, it basically acts as a buffer between two actors to create the illusion of having sex, without too much physical intimacy.



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