Ricky Martin speaks to Entertainment Weekly about his part in the upcoming American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace and doing his first gay sex scene for the cameras.
“I thought I was going to be more uncomfortable,” the singer revealed when he recalled filming his first on-screen sex scene for the limited series.
“Then the exhibitionism kicked in for a moment and all of a sudden I was naked in bed in front of 20 people from the crew and another actor I met that same day. I was not nervous at all. On the contrary, I was ready to do what needed to be done.”
Well. My goodness. To be a fly on THAT wall, amiright?
Ricky says playing the role also dredged up memories of having to hide his sexuality that he had forgotten.
“There was a scene where Gianni is weak and almost falling on the beach and I touch him and he goes, ‘Don’t touch me! Paparazzi!’ You don’t understand. That took me back to eight years ago when I was in the closet and it just moved me,” he told EW.
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story also stars Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace and Darren Criss as Versace’s killer, Andrew Cunanan.It will premiere next year on FX. (via NewNowNext)
The cast of American Crime Story: The Versace Murder photographed exclusively for Entertainment Weekly on May 18th, 2017 in Miami, Florida by Alexei Hay.
Ricky Martin as Antonio D’Amico
