Juno Temple was recently seen in Palmer, an Apple TV+ drama film starring Justin Timberlake as Eddie Palmer. Shelly, a minor but crucial character in the film, was played by her. Temple as Shelly had a passionate, intimate session with Palmer before disappearing in the project. The actress has now expressed her feelings about doing the scene.

Palmer is a former high school football star who has recently been released from prison. When the boy’s mother Shelly, portrayed by Temple, leaves town, he finds himself the unwilling guardian of a rambunctious seven-year-old named Sam.

In the film, the famous couple had noisy, dispassionate s-x, but Juno didn’t need an intimacy coordinator since she doesn’t feel the need for them.

In a recent interview with Independent, she remarked, “What’s important to me is that you have a conversation with your co-star, with your director, and you all figure out what’s cool and what’s not. I’ve worked with Justin before; he’s a friend of mine, and I feel very safe working with him. Actually, doing a s-x scene is less terrifying than doing a scene where I have to give up my child.”

Juno Temple spoke on her portrayal of Shelly in Palmer and how much she empathized with the character. She said that her strategy was based on the fact that Shelly is still a kid, and she is simply unfit to be a mother. She is, however, qualified to be a friend, and she and her son are really close. She also mentioned that her character is an addict who is “really losing” a battle with addiction.

Sam, on the other hand, spends his time watching princess shows, putting on makeup, and staging make-believe tea parties. “Love the skin you’re in, the brain you have, and the heart that’s beating,” Temple says of the film’s message. “All of it. Love it exactly as it is because you get one shot at it”.

Sam, on the other hand, is tormented by his friends as well as several of their dads, one of whom pins him down and smears makeup all over his face. Thankfully, we don’t witness that onscreen; instead, we learn about it via Sam, who chokes out the details between sobbing. “There are certain pockets of the world where there is that feeling of: ‘I feel alone, I feel frightened, and I feel completely alone in my existence.’”

In 2013, three Juno Temple films were screened at the Sundance Film Festival at the same time. She played a stripper who becomes a live-in nanny in the film Afternoon Delight. In Lovelace, the actor played Linda Lovelace’s best friend. In the most recent one, Magic Magic, she played a naive Californian in Chile who had a psychotic episode. All of Juno Temple’s films had her stripping down to her underwear.

Juno also stated in the same interview that she believes n-ked scenes can help the viewer understand a character.

“In real life, there are moments when you take your clothes off and it comes with a flurry of confidence and wonder and exploration, and there are moments where it makes you feel like you want to be swallowed whole by a giant crack in the earth,” she told The Independent.

“I think nud!ty can explore that on camera. I really do.”

She also remembers a critic writing, ‘Wow, she’s got her t**s out in all of them,’ which became one of Juno Temple’s most contentious issues. The actress stated that she does not believe it is a helpful statement to make. She stated that if nud!ty offends someone, they should explain why to her. They can’t just condemn her like that, Temple remarked. Juno Temple’s controversial films include Atonement.