Fans have watched her take on countless roles throughout her glittering acting career. And with a score of blockbusters under her belt, Nicole Kidman is no stranger to the ubiquitous love scene that has stumped many a thespian. Sharing her tips for filming such awkward scenes, the actress revealed she allows male co-stars to be 'rougher' than they realise so as not to hinder their performance.In an article for Interview magazine, the 48-year-old recalled one particular frame with co-star John Cusack in The Paperboy. Speaking to the film's director Lee Daniels, Kidman revealed she allowed her on-screen lover to throw her around 'like a mop'.'I want him to feel free. Actors have to protect each other in a way. 'The idea of humiliating another actor or being humiliated myself is devastating,' she said. 'I want him to feel free': Nicole Kidman shares tips for filming sex scenes with male co-stars.. and says it's better to be 'rough' than 'too cautious.' The actress and John Cusack took part in a steamy sex scene for their 2012 film The Paperboy. In the film Kidman plays Charlotte Bless who has fallen in love with Cusack's character, an inmate awaiting execution, without ever having met him. They become a couple when he is eventually released. In one scene, the pair have sex in the kitchen of their new home together, with Cusack assuming a more dominant role in the encounter.Without allowing him free rein over his character, the scene would not have been a success, Kidman said.That's why, if he's a little rougher than he knows he's being, the last thing I want to say is, "Oh my gosh, you hurt me." 'Most actors are like that. We all go, "No, no. I'm fine. Don't worry about it." Because that's how you release into things and find stuff. 'If you're tentative and scared that you're hurting someone or that you're overstepping a line or that there's a boundary that you've crossed, it makes everybody too cautious.' Among the starlet's most memorable love scenes is her encounter with Billy Zane in Dead Calm, filmed in 1989. While she has dazzled on the big screen, the actress also revealed her desire to appear in a drama such as her former director's Empire. 'Something like doing Empire is more to do with whether I can devote the amount of time I need to,' she said. 'I can't pop in and pop out. I wouldn't get there emotionally.'

• published: 05 Dec 2015
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