Sword-and-sandals epic is no Roman holiday, even for an empress
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The figure of Livia Drusilla looms large in the history of Rome. For 50 years the wife of Julius Caesarâs adopted son, the emperor Augustus Caesar, she gave birth to another emperor, Tiberius, and from her line followed Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
In between she became Romeâs most powerful empress. Of course, that makes things sound a good deal simpler than they were. And, as this handsome new drama series makes plain, none of it might have happened at all had Livia not been such an extraordinary woman in her own right. âHowever many men you kill â and I have had to kill many â you never forget your first,â the older Livia (Kasia Smutniak) reflects as the camera acquaints us with her younger self.
Sexify on Netflix: What the Cast Have Said About Filming the Show s Sex Scenes
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To achieve
Sexify s sex scenes, the production used intimacy coordinators, figures who work on film and TV sets to ensure all the actors feel comfortable while shooting sexual moments.
Though intimacy coordinators have become standard in Hollywood and shows from other countries like
Normal People, they are far rarer in Poland.
Speaking to Polish outlet Onet, Monika actor Sandra Drzymalska said (translated from Polish): The coordinators were very much needed, because I have the most intimate scenes in the series. Thanks to them, I didn t feel any threat..They were such an intermediary between me and the team. Thanks to the coordinators, it is not possible to forcefully exceed an actor s boundaries, there s no one pressuring you by saying, you have to do it and that s it.
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