Greta Gerwig On Sex: 'Greenberg' Star Talks Oral Sex In Movies

Greta Gerwig burst onto the film scene in 2010 -- and she's not hiding a thing.

Gerwig, who made her "mainstream" debut as Ben Stiller's much younger love interest in 'Greenberg' -- for which she is nominated for an Independent Spirit Award -- spoke with Movieline about sex scenes in movies -- including her own with Stiller, which was one of a number of scenes in Hollywood films in 2010 that showed oral sex performed on a woman.

"Yeah -- B'lue Valentine,' 'Black Swan'... ladies getting it on! They're all different movies and it's done differently; I think Greenberg's use of it is the most comedic, because there's something so funny about people hooking up for the first time and he immediately goes down on her," she said, describing the very awkward moment she had with Stiller in the film.

"I think, I hope, it's part of a larger trend of sex being portrayed frankly. But women having sex has been a problem for a really long time, especially on film. It's something people do."

She also spoke about what she thinks are subpar sex scenes, filled with unreal cliches.

"But if they show sex, in that shot it's usually a two-shot from the side and you know the moment his penis goes into her because she kind of arches back, and it looks so weird and fake," Gerwig complained. "Like, now they're having sex! And it's in so many movies I want to make a YouTube video of all these girls going "Uhh" and arching back. Sometimes they'll cut to an above shot of just her head moving on a pillow... I think it's just so funny the way it's portrayed because it's like I don't know who's having sex!"

Gerwig goes on to talk about her busy 2011, with three movies coming out, including 'No Strings Attached' and 'Arthur,' which co-stars Helen Miren and Russell Brand. She gushed about Portman, spoke about tap dancing for auditions and growing up in an avant garde play scene with screenwriter Elizabeth Merriweather.

To read it all, click over to Movieline.

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Comments

[JBDenver]

03:51 PM on 02/07/2011

Perhaps she need to spend a little more time with Col. Angus...

[Harold Darling]

08:27 PM on 01/25/2011

Greta Gerwig is corect; female sexiality is not depcuited accurately. My biggest obejction would be dude sticks it in her and immediately she is making howling-at-the-moon- almost cumming noise.

And Greta, assuming that you read comments- the worst fake scene has to be Faye Dunaway in Network. She has the big O in about 12 seconds. Be sure and include that in your youtube movie.

[justlw]

10:13 AM on 01/27/2011

The scene in Network totally fits the character -- her orgasm is something she gets out of the way quickly and efficiently, so she can get on with what *really* rocks her boat, which is talking about the TV business. It's a hilarious scene.

[Calvin Ravenwood]

11:39 AM on 01/27/2011

F&F for getting it! ;-)

[ladcrp]

10:28 PM on 01/23/2011

He starts to Enjoy Her Womanhood before the date even starts, and that wasn't the weidest part of the movie,

[eric14]

05:01 PM on 01/23/2011

"I think, I hope, it's part of a larger trend of sex being portrayed frankly. But women having sex has been a problem for a really long time, especially on film. It's something people do."
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This is profoundly informative.

[Mort]

04:35 PM on 01/23/2011

Saw her in another forgettable movie. If you want to cast a part where skin is important and acting isn't, call Greta.

[Highball]

05:50 AM on 01/23/2011

I've been familiar with her for a while, but I've never managed to see her in any movies. Weird.

Anyways, she's totally correct about the uncomfortable nature of most mainstream sex scenes. They are bizarre.

[donnyraindog]

11:18 PM on 01/22/2011

My mistake i thought the headline said talking during oral sex scenes,that would be rude.

[Leper]

02:27 PM on 01/23/2011

I think it depends on who is doing the 'talking'.

[zootalors]

02:07 PM on 01/22/2011

i love 'greenberg'! (just wanted to get a positive comment out there...)

[HappyBalance]

09:54 PM on 01/22/2011

Was a decent movie.

[MrClean]

12:45 PM on 01/22/2011

I can't figure out for the life of me what people see in Ben Stiller.
I loved his parents, but he's a one trick pony as far as I'm concerned!

[Twrexx]

07:50 PM on 01/22/2011

He's actually not. He shows some real range in Greenberg and The Royal Tenenbaums.

[HappyBalance]

09:54 PM on 01/22/2011

Agreed.

[GraniteSkyline]

11:16 AM on 01/22/2011

That scene in Greenburg was so pitiful, so funny!

[thoreau101]

10:50 AM on 01/22/2011

If you want to do porn, DO Porn. Don't pretend there is something artistic going on.

[kentatm]

12:36 AM on 01/23/2011

oh come on. that scene was not porn.

you seem to not even know the definition of the word.

[thoreau101]

08:24 AM on 01/23/2011

The fact that it is NOT literally porn doesn't mean it isn't. In many ways it's worse than porn because she is selling the movie/her "career" as something on a higher level, WHICH IT ISN"T! Sheer hypocrisy. At the very least it is certainly prostitution. The only question is why do the rubes continue to buy it?

[onionboy]

06:15 PM on 01/24/2011

This sounds like MPAA double-standard. They give stronger ratings when sex scenes involve women actually enjoying the act and take it easy when it's a woman simply pleasuring the actor involved. And how does this fit into lesbian scenes? Are women still being degraded? How about love scenes with gay men? Are women degraded? I bring up the word "degraded" because you mention it below. Aren't women supposed to enjoy the sex act? Or is it that no one should be depicted as enjoying it?

[Gigity]

09:43 AM on 01/22/2011

Now this is the kind of women's lib I can get behind...or go down on. Whichever.

[JBDenver]

03:53 PM on 02/07/2011

Giggity, giggity, giggity, goo

[JBDenver]

03:56 PM on 02/07/2011

"Hello 911? It's Quagmire, It's caught in the window this time"...

[phantoma]

05:34 AM on 01/22/2011

"... because there's something so funny about people hooking up for the first time and he immediately goes down on her," she said.

I agree. Sometimes "funny" equals "impossible."

[Eric Sarnoski]

04:46 AM on 01/22/2011

Okay we have a dud alert ......talk up the sex to push theater attendence.

[Billiary]

05:03 PM on 01/21/2011

It's like on Basic Instinct, none of the sex scenes were really hot with Sharon. They tried to do too much in the scene, and the expectations were high because of her character. And just okay. Then you switch to the Jeanne Tripplehorn quicky sex scene with Michael and that was hot.