Olivia Munn is getting candid in regards to the influence her breast most cancers surgical procedures have had on her skilled life.
The actress, 44, lately recalled capturing intercourse scenes with Jon Hamm for the brand new Apple+ TV present, “Your Friends and Neighbors” after her operations.
The final of her 5 surgical procedures occurred simply days earlier than the present started filming.
“I was really nervous about doing any sex scenes because I have a lot of scars,” she shared in an interview with the Los Angeles Occasions on Friday. “Scars that can be seen in clothing and scars that you wouldn’t know unless I was completely nude.”
Munn performs mother-of-two Samantha Levitt, who’s having an affair with Hamm’s Andrew Cooper within the drama.
“She wants something so much more from him than he’s willing to give and their only connection is through sex,” she defined about her character. “I really wanted that to be portrayed. I wanted the sex scenes to feel like sex scenes — I wanted them to feel visceral and intense and not hold back at all.”
Munn labored with an intimacy coordinator on set but it surely nonetheless took time for her to really feel snug, regardless of having the assist of these round her.
“I did feel insecure, but each time I did it, I felt better,” “The Gateway” alum stated. “I’m so grateful for my body because it got me through this.”
It’s a sentiment she echoed whereas speaking to SELF earlier this week.
As Munn put it: “Honestly, when I think about it, I was much more insecure in past nude scenes long before I had scars across my breasts. Now I view the scars on my body as battle wounds. I fought to be here and they’re proof of that.”
The “X-Men: Apocalypse” actress, who shares son Malcolm, 3, and daughter Méi, 7 months, with husband John Mulaney, has continued to be vocal about her breast most cancers journey since first sharing the information in March 2024.
“I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she captioned an Instagram submit on the time that detailed what she went by in nice size. “I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey.”
Within the carousel, Munn defined how she was recognized with luminal B breast most cancers in 2023 after a spherical of genetic assessments.
The actress then underwent each a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy as a part of her remedy.
“I was walking around thinking that I had no breast cancer,” she instructed Individuals in April 2024. “I did all the tests that I knew about.”
“You realize cancer doesn’t care who you are; it doesn’t care if you have a baby or if you don’t have time,” Munn continued. “It comes at you, and you have no choice but to face it head-on.”
Reflecting on how her viewpoint has modified since turning into a mother, Munn instructed Vogue in Could: “You start thinking about your mortality differently once you have a baby. It’s his childhood, but it’s my motherhood, and I don’t want to miss any of these parts if I don’t have to.”
Whereas speaking to EXTRA in April, the mom-of-two additionally took a second to gush over her different half, who’s presently engaged on his Netflix present and is on dad responsibility.
“He’s doing great,” Munn stated of Mulaney, 42. “He just sent me a video of himself and my son Malcolm with him on set today and Malcolm loves his dad so much. It’s such a sweet dynamic.”
“He can do it all! He has the bandwidth,” she continued. “It is truly amazing. He has the bandwidth to, like, do a live weekly show on Netflix, live globally, take my son to school in the morning, and read scripts and he developed a show and he, like, sold a show… He always has energy, and he comes home and he still, like, wants to unwind by watching a Korean drama with my mom, like, I’m not kidding you, like, he has so much energy.”
“Your Friends and Neighbors” is now streaming on Apple TV+.
