Elizabeth Hurley looked incredible in a new photoshoot on Thursday as she insisted her son Damian directing their raunchy sex scene was “no big deal.”
The actress, 58, went braless in a minidress with a sheer lace top half and a red latex skirt as she posed in a vintage elevator.
Her son Damian, 22, recently made his directorial debut with Strictly Confidential, in which his mother becomes enraged at another woman.
The mystery drama follows Mia, played by CBBC star Georgia Lock, as she is drawn into a “world of sex, duplicity and betrayal” as she tries to uncover the mystery surrounding her best friend Rebecca’s death near the house. of his family in the Caribbean.
Addressing the scenes, Liz explained how she had “always promised” Damian that she would star in his first film after he “pursued” her by making films in her childhood.
Elizabeth Hurley, 58, looked incredible in a new photoshoot on Thursday as she insisted her son Damian directing their raunchy sex scene was “no big deal.”
The actress wore a braless minidress with a sheer lace top half and a red latex skirt while posing in a vintage elevator.
She said The Telegraph: ‘People have gotten a little nervous about this. But really for us it wasn’t a big deal, just one of the seven scenes we were filming that day.
‘It seemed like a very natural progression of the relationship we’d had. Being a single mother of one child has meant, by default, that we’ve spent quite a bit of time together, even though he was in boarding school for 10 years.’
Liz recalled the ‘baby movies’ Damian would create when he was younger which often starred his friends, including Hugh Grant and his ex-fiancé Shane Warne.
“He pursued me making his baby movies, until his mid-teens, and I always promised him that when he finally got to make his first feature, I would be in it.”
In Damian’s directorial debut, Elizabeth plays a mother named Lily who hosts her daughter’s friends at her Caribbean estate a year after the mysterious deaths of her daughter and her husband.
During the trip, several secrets are discovered, including Lily’s love affair with her daughter’s friend.
speaking to PEOPLE Speaking about the film, Damian revealed that his mother Elizabeth had “promised” to star in his first film years ago, and when it got the green light, she “dropped everything” to participate.
He said: “It was a pleasure to come to work and face each day together.”
Addressing the scenes, Liz explained how she had “always promised” Damian that she would star in his first film after he “pursued” her by making films in her childhood.
She told The Telegraph: ‘People have been a bit nervous about this. But actually for us it wasn’t a big deal, just one of the seven scenes we were filming that day.’
“It seemed like a natural progression of the relationship we had had. “Being a single mother of an only child has meant, by default, that we spent a lot of time together,” she added.
Liz recalled the ‘baby movies’ Damian would create when he was younger which often starred his friends, including Hugh Grant, and how he promised to star in his first feature film.
Speaking to PEOPLE about the film, Damian revealed that his mother Elizabeth had ‘promised’ to star in his first film years ago and she ‘dropped everything’ to take part.
“We only had 18 days to shoot the entire movie, so our twin telepathy was invaluable throughout.”
‘Working tirelessly alongside such a committed and talented cast was truly inspiring. “I am eternally grateful to everyone involved for trusting and believing in me.”
Damian praised his mother for keeping her promise to star in his first feature film when filming wrapped in December on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In the new film, a young woman drowns near her family’s home in the Caribbean and her loved ones struggle to come to terms with the tragedy.
The idea for the film’s plot came to the model, actor and filmmaker after losing a friend to suicide, as well as his biological father Steven Bing.
Speaking about inspiration, Damian said tatler: ‘Finally, I discovered a treatment I had written when I was 17 after losing a close friend to suicide.
“At the time I put it aside, thinking I wasn’t ready to tell the story yet, but in the space of three years I had lost a father, also to suicide, and had been forced to grow up quickly.
“I realized I now had the experience to bring the script to life, and Strictly Confidential was born: the story of a young woman haunted by her best friend’s suicide and determined to find answers.”
Elizabeth conceived her only child during a brief relationship with Steve, shortly after separating from Hugh Grant in 2000.
She gave birth to Damián in 2002, but the businessman contested paternity, claiming that at that time they had a non-exclusive relationship.
Although a DNA test showed that Bing was Damian’s father, he was not part of her life and it is believed that they never even met. Bing died in 2020 when he jumped from the 27th floor of his Los Angeles apartment building.
It comes after Elizabeth and her son Damian were the subject of furious attacks from a professional psychotherapist over their controversial new film collaboration in which the actress was directed by her son while performing a lesbian sex scene.
While Elizabeth claimed to feel “liberated” by having a family member around to film the racy scenes, Couples Therapy star Dr. Jenn Mann criticized her actions.
According to the licensed marriage, family and child therapist, filming the scenes is a significant breaking of boundaries between parents and children, and she would advise against simulating sex in front of your child.
The idea for the film’s plot came to the model, actor and filmmaker after losing a friend to suicide, as well as his biological father Steven Bing.
Although a DNA test showed that Bing was Damian’s father, he was not a part of his life. Bing died in 2020 when he jumped from the 27th floor of his Los Angeles apartment building (pictured with Elizabeth in 2000)
Jenn told TMZ that the actress’ comments about the scenes were “liberating,” “strange” and not aligned with a healthy parent-child dynamic.
She told the publication that, in her opinion, even though Damian is an adult, directing his own mother’s erotic scenes is crossing some lines between parents and children.
Elizabeth previously told Access Hollywood that she felt “safe and cared for” while filming the film.
“It’s relaxing to know that there’s someone behind the camera looking out for you,” the Austin Powers star explained, adding that that was particularly important when filming this movie.
