Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman Used Pain Scale Ratings to Prep BDSM Scenes in ‘I Want Your Sex’: She ‘Hit Him Really Hard and’ It Was ‘Only a Seven or Eight’

Gregg Araki's erotic thriller 'I Want Your Sex' features actor Cooper Hoffman in his first-ever sex scene opposite Olivia Wilde. Per Variety, Hoffman and Wilde used a pain scale to establish clear communication during intimate scenes. During rehearsal, Wilde demonstrated by striking Hoffman forcefully — she rated it only a seven or eight on the scale.

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