The Nigerian actress Sandra Okunzuwa has shared how she manages to pull off a romantic movie scene in which she has to kiss another actor.
She revealed to Saturday Beats that she had been instructed to emulate her expression and mannerisms when sighing in order to convey the sense that intense or dramatic events were occurring on a regular basis.
She advised not making tongue contact when kissing another actor in order to avoid salivary exchanges.
In addition, Sandra Okunzuwa revealed that, against common assumption, romantic kissing scenes don’t usually take place on movie sets. The actress claimed that she never felt a connection to any of the actors she kissed. As said by her:
“I was told that the individuals could just play with their lips and eyes, then moan to give the impression that they were doing something intense. I have always abided by that, and I avoid any form of tongue contact or exchange of saliva because I don’t know who that other person has been with. I don’t know their medical condition.”
“Sometimes, people ask if I get emotionally attached to any actor that I kiss. The answer is actually ‘no’, because the place that one is filming in is not even so conducive. The air conditioner is off, and the lighting usually makes one feel hot.”
“Besides, there are a lot of people in the same room behind the camera watching, what one is doing. This is even as one is sweating and trying to memorize one’s lines.”