From Bridgerton‘s Kate and Anthony to Maxton Hall’s Ruby and James, fans have enjoyed some pretty memorable sex scenes between their favorite TV couples over the years
The Netflix regency series originally raised eyebrows with its numerous steamy moments between season 1 leads Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon (Regé-Jean Page). Ahead of season 2, creator Chris Van Dusen revealed plans to pump the brakes on Bridgerton‘s graphic love scenes.
“It was never about quantity for us,” he said during an interview in March 2022. “Our approach to intimacy on the show really is the same as season 1. And we use these intimate scenes to tell a story and to push the story forward. We’ve never done a sex scene for the sake of doing a sex scene, and I don’t think we ever will. It all serves a larger purpose and it’s a different story this season. It’s different characters. We’re with Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate (Simone Ashley) most of the [second] season and that’s very different from Daphne and Simon. And that’s really part of the draw to me of a project like this, the ability to tell these close-ended love stories of different characters season after season.”
Fans, however, received an unexpected surprise when it came to Anthony and Kate’s minimal — but also meaningful — sex scenes. For Ashley, focusing on emotional intimacy allowed the season 2 couple to build to something more physical.
Fans of The CW’s Nancy Drew were also in for the long haul as they spent three seasons waiting for Nancy (Kennedy McMann) and Ace (Alex Saxon) to act on their feelings. During the season 3 finale, viewers got a short-lived taste of a happily ever after for the couple before they officially got together in the final season.
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