Eleanor Tomlinson advises young actresses on intimate scenes

Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson shared a piece of advice to the young actress for shooting a nude scene: "It must be character-driven."

In a chat with The Times, the British actress said, "There's an element of self-preservation that comes into it because you're opening yourself up to be screenshot and paused, and those pictures end up online and will forever be there."

She continued, "So it's a very serious thing that you have to decide. I think if you have the confidence to do it as an actor or actress, great. And it's not that I don't have the confidence; it's just that for me it has to be character-driven."

In her latest Channel 4 thriller, The Couple Next Door, Eleanor said she refused to comply with the maker's insistence to shoot a full-frontal nude scene.

"I have done nudity before but, for me, it's based on each project and how necessary I feel it is. And I didn't feel like it was for this. I mean, there was a conversation where they were pushing for it and the harder they pushed for it, the more I felt like saying, 'No, you're just not being creative here," she added.

The 31-year-old noted, "There are so many more interesting ways that you can show this.' So much of it comes down to the chemistry between the actors and working with the intimacy coordinators."