Olivia Munn shared that she felt ‘really nervous’ filming sex scenes with Mad Men hunk with Jon Hamm in their new Apple TV+ series, Your Friends and Neighbors.
The actress, 44, who underwent a double mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis last year, said that the scars from her surgeries made her self-conscious during intimate scenes.
‘I was really nervous about doing any sex scenes because I have a lot of scars,’ she said in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Friday.
‘Scars that can be seen in clothing and scars that you wouldn’t know unless I was completely nude.
Despite her nerves, Munn, who underwent her final of five surgeries just days before she began filming, pushed through as she felt that the scenes were ‘crucial’ to understanding the dynamic between her and Hamm’s, 54, characters.
‘I wanted the sex scenes to feel like sex scenes — I wanted them to feel visceral and intense and not hold back at all,’ she shared.
Olivia Munn, 44, shared that she felt ‘really nervous’ filming sex scenes with Mad Men hunk with Jon Hamm, 54, in their new Apple TV+ series, Your Friends and Neighbors; seen in April
The actress and breast cancer survivor said that the scars from her surgeries made her self-conscious during intimate scenes; seen with Hamm in still from the show
The Predator star plays Samantha ‘Sam’ Levitt, a divorcee who is having an affair with recently fired hedge fund manager Andrew ‘Coop’ Cooper (played by Hamm) in Jonathan Tropper’s nine-episode drama.
Munn shared that an intimacy coordinator helped her make the process easier.
‘I did feel insecure, but each time I did it, I felt better,’ she said.
‘My character is wanting something more from Jon’s character,’ Olivia recently said in an interview with People.
‘But the only thing she’s getting from him at this point is this sexual relationship…So it’s really important that we really feel how much she’s leaning on this and trying to really, like, connect with him through these moments.’
Munn explained that there was ‘a lot of discussion’ ahead of time between herself, Hamm, and Tropper, as well as intimacy coordinators Lizzy Talbot and Crista Marie Jackson in order to choreograph the love scenes more authentically.
‘My character has to bite him,’ the half-Vietnamese beauty noted.
‘I was nervous and he just kept saying, “It’s okay. You can bite really hard.” And then I did. And he’s a pretty tough guy. He’s a very tough guy!’
‘I was really nervous about doing any sex scenes because I have a lot of scars,’ she said in a new interview with the LA Times; Olivia previously showed off her mastectomy scars in a powerful SKIMS campaign last year (pictured)
Munn shared that an intimacy coordinator helped her make the process easier. ‘I did feel insecure, but each time I did it, I felt better,’ she said
Despite her nerves, Munn, who underwent her final of five surgeries just days before she began filming, pushed through as she felt that the scenes were ‘crucial’ to understanding the dynamic between her and Hamm’s characters; pictured with Hamm in April
She plays Samantha ‘Sam’ Levitt, a divorcee who is having an affair with recently fired hedge fund manager Andrew ‘Coop’ Cooper (Hamm) in Jonathan Tropper’s nine-episode drama
The critically-acclaimed drama, which has already been renewed for a second season.
Your Friends & Neighbors also features Amanda Peet, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt, and Donovan Colan.
She and Hamm were pictured promoting the series at DGA Theater in New York City earlier this month.
Last year Olivia showed off her mastectomy scars as she took part in a powerful new ad campaign for Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS brand.
Munn is cancer free after undergoing five surgeries – including a lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy in 2023-2024 – but she’s still ‘working through different medications.’
Last July, she wed husband John Mulaney and they’ve welcomed two children – son Malcolm Hiệp, 3; and daughter Méi June, 6 months – via surrogate.
Olivia (born Lisa) is known to administer random drug tests to ensure the 42-year-old comedian remains on the road to a successful recovery following his December 2020 rehab stint for alcohol, cocaine, and pills.
John was married to Anna Marie Tendler when he first met Munn at Seth Meyer’s 2013 wedding, and they reconnected ‘at church in LA’ in February 2021.
Olivia is cancer free after undergoing five surgeries – including a lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy in 2023-2024 – but she’s still ‘working through different medications’ (pictured in 2023)
Last July, Olivia wed husband John Mulaney and they’ve welcomed two children – son Malcolm Hiệp, 3; and daughter Méi June, 6 months – via surrogate (pictured January 14)
It was the same time the 39-year-old multidisciplinary artist had checked herself into a psychiatric hospital for self-harm and depression, which she detailed in her 2024 memoir Men Have Called Her Crazy.
By May 2021, Mulaney had legally separated from Anna after six years of marriage and he filed for divorce from her that July, which was finalized in January 2022.
Meanwhile, the University of Oklahoma grad previously romanced Tucker Roberts, Aaron Rodgers, Joel Kinnaman, and Chris Pine.
The three-time Emmy winner currently hosts the eight-episode variety talk show Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, which streams Wednesdays on Netflix.
