Laura Dern praises Lonely Planet co-star Liam Hemsworth as “the safest person” to film sex scenes with

Laura Dern praised Liam Hemsworth in an interview to promote her newly released romantic film. Lonely planet.

The film, which hits Netflix today (October 11), follows a newly single author, played by Dern, on a writing vacation in Morocco and Hemsworth, whose character is only on the run to support his author girlfriend. At some point the two become lovers.

In a recent interview with PeopleThe Jurassic Park The 57-year-old actor talked about how he would film more intimate scenes with him in particular The Hunger Games Star, 34.

Dern explained that there was “definitely an intimacy coordinator” who helped plan the scene and made sure both actors were comfortable, but she also told the outlet that she was “so lucky” to have Hemsworth as having her scene partner, as she called him “literally” “The safest person I’ve ever been able to talk to about anything in my life.”

“When we were filming these scenes, there was nothing that we couldn’t talk about together and work it all out creatively and professionally,” she explained. “But we also had a lot of support. We had many, many discussions.”

“Film and filmmaking have changed so that everyone feels comfortable in their voice and can easily set boundaries without fear of losing their job or being unpopular,” Dern added.

“As young actors, we both had a lot of different experiences in films,” she said of her and Hemsworth.

Recently, Dern reflected on her career by commenting on some of her previous roles, including her breakout role as Sandy in the 1986 film Blue velvet.

She spoke at the in July Where everyone knows your name Podcast by Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson in which she revealed that she was forced to drop out of college to accept her role in the film and she is still upset about it.

The actress was originally scheduled to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, where film students now require watching “Blue Velvet” as part of their curriculum.

“I was 17 and so excited to come to UCLA. I was there for two days, auditioned and was offered the role Blue velvet” she told the hosts. She explained how excited she was to star in a David Lynch film based on his accolades as an Oscar-nominated director The Elephant Man.

However, when she asked her head of department for a leave of absence, the answer was “absolutely not”.

“I said, ‘I have this opportunity, and he said, ‘Well, I’ll look at the script if you want to give me the script, but you know, you’re not going to get a vacation.’ That won’t happen. “It is not a medical emergency,” Dern said.

After reading the script, the department head was still unmoved by his decision and even insulted the film itself when he told her, “After reading this script, it’s crazy that you would give up your college education for this.” would give up.”

It turned out that the department head was wrong, because Lynch received another Oscar nomination for Best Director for the film and Dern went on to star in other films such as: Jurassic Parkwhich are now considered classics.

“Finally, after my two days, I would like to say today: If you want to do a master’s degree in film at this school, there are three films that you have to study when writing a thesis. And do you know what one of them is? [Blue Velvet]” she said.