The Boys star Chace Crawford has revealed he “almost had a panic attack” before shooting a sex scene with an octopus voiced by Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton . Crawford, 38, shot to fame playing Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012. He has portrayed aquatic superhero The Deep in superhero satire The Boys since 2019.
Speaking to Rolling Stone , Crawford recalled the moment he learned that his character not only speaks to sea animals, but that he would also be required to have onscreen sex with an octopus named Ambrosius. “It’s so funny and brilliant now, but when that came up, I was like, ‘Oh God, how’s this going to work?’” said the Texas-born actor. Describing the filming process, Crawford explained that he shared his worries with showrunner Eric Kripke: “I was in total denial about it.
And then it got 24 hours out from the first day I had to shoot it and I almost had a panic attack. “I called Kripke – he’s so great. He’s got a million things going on but his door’s always open.
So 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?’ He changed one shot for me. And it was great.
” Asked whether there had been an intimacy coordinator present during the scene, Crawford replied: “We have one on set. But not with the octopus. But they treated it like, ‘quiet everyone, clear out’ – a closed set.
“But yeah, just the act of picking up the octopus and getting .
