Kaley Cuoco has revealed that she is sick of filming sex scenes and has hired a body double for her upcoming show.
In the comedic series Based On A True Story, the Big Bang Theory actor plays true crime fanatic and estate agent Ava Bartlett, who is also pregnant in real life.
The 37-year-old actress has stated that the sequences for the character’s sexual fantasies were recorded with a body double wearing a prosthetic tummy.
‘I don’t roll that way. I need someone else to do that stuff,’ she told USA Today. ‘Also, who wants to see that? Not my thing.
‘I’d rather let someone else do it, and that’s what’s movie magic [is for]. We don’t have to do those things anymore. We can have someone else do it, and we can fake our way through.’
She contrasted the scenario to Chris Messina’s character in the series, Nathan, and his obvious lack of tennis ability.
She joked: ‘You think that Chris Messina played tennis? Please! He was terrible! That’s his double.’
Another advantage of having a body double throughout her pregnancy was that Kaley, who gave birth to her first child with husband Tom Pelphrey in March, could take a break from the physically demanding production.
She admitted: ‘I had to be on my feet a lot. It was a lot. And by the end, I was nine months pregnant.
‘So the fight scene at the end near the grave − the fantasy − a lot of that was done by my double because it was like I was literally about to give birth, like any second.’
Kaley recently announced that she and her partner plan to have more children in the future, only weeks after the birth of their daughter Matilda.
When asked if she wants to have any more kids, she told the SmartLess podcast: ‘Yeah we do…’
She also talked about being a new mother, saying she’s grateful to Tom’s mother and her own mother for stepping in to assist out during the first few weeks.
Kaley said: ‘She’s [Matilda] pretty awesome. I’m not going to lie we have some very nice help – I feel guilty even saying it – I feel our relationship has survived because we have all this help…
‘My mum is the best, so is Tom’s mum. They come in, they help, they don’t overstep .. we’re just really lucky.’
