{"id":63347,"date":"2020-11-22T07:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T03:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=63347"},"modified":"2020-11-22T07:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T03:47:39","slug":"mahershala-ali-says-he-refused-to-film-a-sex-scene-in-benjamin-button-for-religious-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=63347&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Mahershala Ali Says He Refused to Film a Sex Scene in Benjamin Button for Religious Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mahershala Ali<\/a>\u00a0is reflecting on his role in\u00a0The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Oscar winner, 46, revealed on the latest episode of\u00a0Common<\/a>\u2019s podcast\u00a0Mind Power Mixtape<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that when he accepted the role as Tizzy Weathers in the 2008 David Fincher-directed film, he did so on the condition that he would not film a sex scene with costar\u00a0Taraji P. Henson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSo my old agent called me and said, \u2018Mahershala, you got the part.\u2019 ” Ali recalled, according to\u00a0Page Six<\/a><\/em>. “And I said, \u2018There\u2019s just one thing \u2026 There is that one sex scene where they kiss \u2026 If there\u2019s a sex scene, I can\u2019t do it.\u2019\u200a ”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ali, an Ahmadi Muslim, reportedly said that he told his agent at the time, \u201cI don\u2019t do simulated sex.\u201d But luckily for the Muslim actor, Fincher, 58, agreed to shoot an intimate scene between Ali and Henson, 50, that did not involve sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Taraji and I begin to kiss, and we fall out of the frame \u2026 It wasn\u2019t clear if [Fincher] was trying to have like some bumping and grinding \u2026 which I doubt he was,” Ali said. “But for me even \u2026 at that time, 15 years ago, I was still like, \u2018OK, I can only go up to this point,\u2019 just because of \u2014 just trying to hold a space of respect for my religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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