Alexandra Daddario was taken aback by her sex scene in True Detective, but not for the reasons you might think.
The 37-year-old actress earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Rachel Patton in the first series of The White Lotus.
However, prior to that, she portrayed Woody Harrelson’s on-screen mistress in the acclaimed HBO crime series, True Detective.
In her role as Lisa Tragnetti, Alexandra Daddario’s character receives a visit from Marty Hart (played by Woody Harrelson) at her home in the show’s second episode.
During their encounter, Marty gifts Lisa a pair of handcuffs, which she then incorporates into a kinky scenario.
Lisa cuffs the cop and whips off all of her clothes before straddling him and playfully reads him his rights.
Alexandra Daddario stripped off for her sex scene in True Detective
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The explicit scene involved Daddario getting naked on set for real, and she decided to embrace it.
But the actress admitted that she wasn’t fully aware of her “sex appeal” before filming the scene.
She told Men’s Journal: “I have a lot of thoughts on this topic, but for example, when True Detective came out and I was naked on the show, and it was huge for my career and the phone was ringing and I got some work off of it.”
“I think that I hadn’t been that aware of my sex appeal prior to that. I tried not to take it too seriously.”
“I really love acting, in my heart I’m just a theater nerd, and I sort of took that and said, This is good for my career, and embraced it.”
The star admitted she wasn’t aware of her sex appeal before the scene.
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Daddario showcased her physique once more in The White Lotus, wearing a bikini as Rachel flaunted herself in front of Olivia and Paula.
While she’s more comfortable embracing sexy scenes on screen, which has boosted her career, Daddario admits it’s not always effortless for her.
She added: “I really love what I do.”
“I happen to have a lot of fun with getting dressed up and playing roles, and even on red carpets, I’m kind of playing a role.”
“And it’s great, it’s fun, but I think it can be negative, some of the attention, and so I try to ignore some of the more negative aspects of it.”
