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David Tennant has revealed how his daring sex scene in Rivals wasn’t as easy as it looked and actually ended in disaster and injury.
The Doctor Who actor, 53, stars in Jilly Cooper’s adaptation alongside Emily Atack.
And in the new Disney+ series, David, who plays Lord Tony Baddingham, and Emily, who plays the promiscuous Sarah Stratton, appear in some ‘erotic ecstasy’ scenes; the duo cares about starring in some daring scenes.
But the exciting shoots apparently didn’t go as smoothly as they seemed. David revealed during a scene that he actually ‘broke his knee’ after timing an erotic scene wrong.
speaking in heart radius, The actor confessed to hosts Alex Hassell and Pandora Christie that the incident actually happened when he wanted to jump into bed too badly.
David Tennant has revealed how his daring sex scene in Rivals wasn’t as easy as it looked and actually ended in disaster and injury.
The Doctor Who actor, 53, (pictured center) stars in the hit Jilly Cooper adaptation alongside Emily Atack.
He said: “I had to throw myself onto a bed at one point, at some point in what was going to be some kind of erotic ecstasy, and I timed it a little bit wrong.” I ended up breaking my knee on the bed frame.
To which Alex replied: ‘He does his own trick.’
“I accidentally do my own trick,” David added before Pandora joked, “Thank you so much for admitting those little mistakes.”
David joked: “It wasn’t my sexiest move” before Pandora tried to reassure him by adding: “No, well, it depends on what you like.”
The raunchy show is based on the 1988 novel by famed writer Jilly Cooper and follows the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986.
The story focuses on the tense rivalry between David’s character, Lord Tony Baddingham, and Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), while Emily plays the promiscuous Sarah Stratton.
In the adaptation, Disney+ has promised to bring a ‘2020s lens’ to the ’80s classic: a notoriously politically incorrect story about sex and scandals among the English social elite.
The bold eight-part series will air from October 18, but many viewers are wondering how its themes would translate for a modern audience.
And in the new Disney+ series, David, who plays Lord Tony Baddingham, and Emily, who plays the promiscuous Sarah Stratton, appear in some scenes of ‘erotic ecstasy’, the duo mind starring in some saucy scenes.
But the exciting shoots apparently didn’t go as smoothly as they seemed. David revealed during a scene that he actually ‘broke his knee’ after going out of sync in an erotic scene.
According to Disney+, Rivals is a “happy and mischievous roller coaster, exciting in its love stories and full of giant characters.”
The cast includes Poldark heartthrob Aidan Turner, Sex Education actress Bella Maclean, EastEnders’ Danny Dyer, Skins star Luke Pasqualino and Alex Hassell, from BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials.
The book, part of the Rutshire Chronicles, shot to the top of the charts and sold more than a million copies.
Rivals will be released on October 18 in the UK and internationally, and on Hulu in the US.
Listen to Heart mid-morning with Pandora Christie Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm across the UK and on Global Player.
