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The A Word actor talks her new ITV1 financial thriller Payback, working with Jed Mercurio and feeling manipulated shooting sex scenesEmily Baker is TV Editor at i. She was previously news and features writer at The Pool and has written for various publications including Empire, The Telegraph, Metro, Stylist and Refinery29.“I wanted to be invisible. I just want to be this wafty being that changes to whatever is necessary for that piece of work and have my own life completely separate.
We’re sitting in a London hotel and Christie looks at once comfortable and out of place. Before we start talking, the first thing she does is kick her shoes off. We’re here to discuss, the new ITV1 financial drama in which she plays accountant Lexie Noble, whose life is upturned when her husband is killed in suspicious circumstances and his secretive work for crime boss Cal Morris is revealed.
Despite her forthrightness, Christie is a delight to spend time with; open, honest and full of laughs. There is very little ego on display. That shouldn’t be a shock, she says. That includes saying no to any scenes she feels are unnecessary or exploitative, specifically sex scenes. “I’ve never worked on a sex scene since #MeToo. I’ve never worked with an,” she says. Sex scenes, and even nudity in general, says Christie, do a disservice to the story. “It rarely adds anything,” she says, “And more often than not it’s distracting because you’re just like, ‘oh my gosh, that’s that actor’s nude body.
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