French actress Léa Seydoux has revealed that the s-x scenes in the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour were difficult and humiliating to shoot.

The film is an adaptation of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, which depicts a high-school girl’s lesbian love affair with an older, blue-haired art student, played by Seydoux.

The drama contains a three-hour intimate exploration of the relationship between the two women, which Seydoux describes as “humiliating” and “gross”.

Seydoux explains that actors need to be out of their body to perform such scenes, which she found too difficult.

Despite her difficulties, Blue Is The Warmest Colour, which premiered at Cannes, received almost universal acclaim. Seydoux, her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos, and the film’s Tunisian-French director, Abdellatif Kechiche, were awarded the Palme d’Or.

However, Seydoux’s comments to journalists about Kechiche’s demanding working methods sparked controversy. Seydoux complained that she felt like a “prostitute” during filming, whilst Kechiche threatened legal action against the actress.

Seydoux knew that filming Blue Is The Warmest Colour would be hard.

Kechiche asked her to read the graphic novel before filming to ensure that she was comfortable with the scenes.

Seydoux had previously worked with Woody Allen and Tom Cruise, but admits that she never feels sure of herself.

She took on the role of Emma because she wanted to go far with the character and explore and expose herself.

Seydoux had limits on what she was prepared to do during filming.

For example, she refused to smoke real cigarettes because she had recently quit, and she wouldn’t wear her own clothes or allow her character to be called Léa.

However, Kechiche had absolute control on set. Seydoux says that “you have to give everything” and that “if you don’t give everything, you’re fired.”

Seydoux knew that Kechiche was dedicated to his craft, but she didn’t realise that he was so obsessed with the film.

Kechiche demanded that scenes be filmed 200 times to create the feeling that everything in the film was happening in the moment.

Seydoux describes the experience as being like an “existentialist experience”.

The actresses in the film had to film a ten-day-long s-x scene, which was challenging and tiring.

They wore prosthetic vaginas to protect their modesty, but they were still required to be physically intimate with one another.

Seydoux explains that Kechiche was trying to create the feeling that everything was happening in the moment.

Although Seydoux had reservations about the way the film was made, she is happy with the final product.

Seydoux reveals that filming for Blue Is The Warmest Colour lasted for five-and-a-half months.

She explains that the actresses didn’t know how long filming would last, as Kechiche had so many ideas.

Seydoux admits that she thought about quitting at times, but she was invested in the project and couldn’t walk away.

She says that she cut her hair, dyed her hair, and gave her heart to the role.

Seydoux is ultimately happy with the film and the work that she and Kechiche did on it.