‘The Boys’ actor said he ‘almost had a panic attack’ before filming an infamous octopus sex scene. He’s the latest to speak out about how challenging intimate shoots can be.

Instead, Crawford called Eric Kripke, “The Boys” showrunner, about his apprehensions. Kripke organized a closed set, with only the actors and necessary crewmembers in the room, and changed how the scene was filmed.

“I was worried about the scene. I’m like, ‘How are we gonna do this? What are the angles gonna be? How naked do I have to be?'” Crawford said. “He changed one shot for me. And it was great.”

He added: “But yeah, just the act of picking up the octopus and getting a wet octopus in the bed was so funny and weird. And then it doesn’t come out for a year almost, and you’re like, ‘How is this going to be received?’ But everyone loved it.”

Film and TV have long featured sex scenes, but it’s only recently that multiple stars, including Victoria Justice and Emilia Clarke, have spoken up about how uncomfortable it is to film them.

Over the last six years, intimacy coordinators have become more prominent in major movie and TV productions in light of concerns after the #MeToo Movement.

Actors, including many “Bridgerton” stars, have said this has helped improve their experience of filming sex scenes.