Russell Tovey doesn’t find his sex scenes with Jonathan Groff on “Looking” to be unpleasant

When asked about doing sex scenes for film or television, most actors will say how awkward it is.

Yeah, right.

Well Russell Tovey isn’t complaining – especially when it comes to the imtimate scenes between he and Jonathan Groff on HBO’s Looking which returns for a second season next month.

‘Doing these sex scenes just feels so cool,’ Tovey tells PrideSource. ‘We’re such good mates now and we laugh and we love doing our scenes together.

‘You can do anything; your hands go everywhere, and it’s fine. Neither of us at any point feels uncomfortable, and that’s why it’s so good. We just completely trust each other, and we go for it.

‘Neither of us hold back or feel any pang of responsibility for the other one when it comes to that. We just trust each other on a completely open level. Either of us could go to the other, “Hey, you should put your dick in there.”’

Being openly gay – as is Groff – Tovey finds doing sex scenes with women very different.

‘I’ve had sex scenes with girls and I feel very relaxed in sex scenes because I’m not worried about anything popping up – I’m just worried about her world and making sure she’s comfortable,’ he says.

Tovey has also done sex scenes with Joe Wilkinson on the BBC’s Him & Her and says: ‘When … we’re hugging and kissing and whatever, and he goes for it – I feel a slight responsibility to make sure that he doesn’t feel I’m taking advantage of the fact that this has been written. I don’t want him to feel uncomfortable, so I feel a responsibility to him in a different way than I do to girls.’

All of this nudity has caused Tovey to reflect a bit on his backside.

‘In the future, I imagine myself looking back and going, “God, I had a nice ass. Glad I got that out.” If it’s there now, I’m getting it out because it’s not always gonna look like that. I don’t want to hide it. And it’s nice that people like it.

‘I’ve been very lucky. I’ve grown it myself, and I also have my parents to thank for it being well-received.’