Our Girl’s Luke Pasqualino talks awkward sex scenes with Michelle Keegan after gushing over ‘beautiful’ co-star
The actor appeared on This Morning and revealed that there's nothing sexy about pretending to be intimate with a co-star for the cameras - even if it is Michelle Keegan
LUKE Pasqualino has dished the dirt on what it's like to act out sex scenes with Michelle Keegan - and it is nowhere near as glam as you would think.
The actor plays Elvis Harte in the Army-based drama, and ahead of the show's return next week, dropped by the This Morning studios to tease what we can expect.
Speaking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, Luke revealed that he found sex scenes particularly hard to film, because with a camera crew looking on, it's hardly the right setting.
He said: "It’s always quite awkward anyway because you’ve got a crew of men with camera.
"It’s very difficult to feel sexy in those situations. Whether you like it or not you have to do it."
His comments on their awkward encounters comes just a day after he praised his co-star Michelle, who plays leading lady Corporal Georgie Lane on the show, now entering its third series.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "Working with Michelle is amazing - she’s hilarious."
"How could anyone not get on with Michelle? She knows everyone’s name on set and [is] a complete pro!"
"She’s beautiful and lovely inside and out, and Michelle has really taken the show to new levels,” he added.
That wasn't the only issue they had to face for the sake of the show - as the cast and crew spent five days at an Army bootcamp to play their roles as accurately as possible.
Speaking about the gruelling training they went through, Luke revealed on This Morning: "I have a a heightened respect for people in the armed forces. You can’t help but feel for them.
"Credit where credit is due, they are the ones who keep us free and safe."
Luke also explained that his character has powerful feelings for Michelle’s Georgie, which could get even more complicated as the series rolls on.
At the end of last series, Georgie ditched both her potential suitors in her awkward love triangle to try and find herself alone.
But it appears that despite this, their troubles are far from over, as he revealed: "The love/hate thing defines their relationship. She said she didn’t want either of them and wanted to be a righteous woman on her own."
“[Elvis is] Incredibly head over heels in love with her and he wants to reconcile,” the actor explained.
"She obviously still has her guard up and that frustrates Elvis, to know that there’s little he can say or do to win her back, but that doesn’t stop him from trying! I do respect him for that,” he added.
- Catch Our Girl from October 10, 9pm on BBC1.
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