Overview
- Paltrow and Ethan Hawke revisited the 1998 production in a Vanity Fair conversation published Dec. 17, now being widely reported.
- They said director Alfonso Cuarón proposed a scene depicting her character receiving oral sex from Hawke’s, described with a vivid camera and lighting plan.
- Hawke recalled Paltrow immediately refusing and praised her for handling the moment firmly without being petulant.
- Paltrow said she was self-conscious early in her career and now would not care about filming such content, adding she may have been too prudish then.
- She also said she nearly lost the role after someone at the studio questioned whether she was “pretty enough,” before Cuarón ultimately cast her.