Unexpected Bloopers During Love Scenes

The most awkward moment for any actor has got to be filming a love scene. Making like they're making love just can't be comfortable—and neither can laying there nearly naked in front of a huge crew while pretending to be either in the mood for love for in the throes of erotic passion. Filmmakers can almost be guaranteed that they won't get good material during the first few takes of a sex scene: there's going to be physical awkwardness, a nervously flubbed line or two, and all other kinds of weirdness. These are some of the funniest bloopers that happened while Hollywood stars were filming love scenes—and in case you were wondering, yes, they're probably NSFW.

All About Steve earned some of the worst reviews stars Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper have ever seen. For good reason—it's a bit problematic, as it's a comedy about stalking, with the socially awkward Mary (Bullock) in relentless pursuit of the not-interested Steve (Cooper). Their single date goes wrong when Mary throws herself at Steve. It went wrong for the actors, too: Bullock went after Cooper a little too hard, and smacked him in the face.

It's standard romantic comedy playbook stuff that before the protagonist can get together with their One True Love, they have to ditch the Total Jerk That Isn't Right for Them. In Bridesmaids, that plays out with Kristen Wiig's Annie leaving behind a self-serving jerk named Ted, portrayed by Jon Hamm. There are a few scenes of not-so-loving lovemaking between Annie and Ted, although the bloopers captured during those scenes tell a different story: in real life, Wiig and Hamm had a grand old partially-clothed time with each other.

The 1998 rom-com There's Something About Mary features one of the most famous (and cringe-inducing scenes) in movie history: Teenage Ted (Ben Stiller) pulls up his zipper...and gets his scrotum caught up in it. It was staged, of course, because no actor should have to suffer quite that much for this art. But on the set of the sci-fi/romance About Time, Rachel McAdams nearly Mary-ed co-star Domhnall Gleason. While filming an intimate scene, she was a little too quick with Gleason's zipper and just about ensnared his privates.

The build-up to the physical act of love is just as important as the act itself. That make-it-or-break-it time was hilariously explored in Wanderlust. Paul Rudd played George, who, along with his wife (Jennifer Aniston), joins a free-love hippie commune. That means it's "okay" that he wants to hook up with Eva (Malin Akerman), but it's still a difficult situation for him to navigate. George is nervous and unsure as he prepares to lay with Eva, detailing all the supposedly sexy things he wants to do, some of which make sense ("I'm gonna get up on your bones") but most of which don't ("I'm gonna slap you in the eye"). Neither Rudd nor Akerman could go for more than a line or two without laughing.

In this unconventional romantic comedy, Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake play young, attractive people who try to engage in a purely physical relationship with no emotional or romantic entanglements. It works for a while, but the characters inevitably fall in love with each other...because they're young, attractive people. In real life, only true love could help anyone forgive what Timberlake does in the midst of make-believe love-making with Kunis: he promises to provide "pleasure" while doing an impression of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

In the mid-2000s, Ashton Kutcher starred in a number of romantic comedies. One of the better entries: 2005's A Lot Like Love, in which Kutcher and Amanda Peet played good-looking people who slowly fall for each other. While that's an innocuous premise, some of the outtakes are a bit more ribald. While filming an outdoor, moonlit scene, Peet and Kutcher mime some physical acts of the non-baby-making variety, leading Kutcher to quip that he doesn't need a "fluffer"—a person on the set of an adult film that keeps male performers, uh, prepared. During this scene, Kutcher was apparently quite ready for his close-up.

While movies based on his characters Borat and Bruno were released in the U.S.—Borat and Bruno, respectively—Sacha Baron Cohen made a film for European audiences based on his other major Da Ali G Show character, wannabe gangsta Ali G. Unlike the improvised/mockumentary format of the other two, Ali G Indahouse used a traditional movie format, allowing for scene set-ups, multiple takes...and bloopers. It's a little difficult to tell exactly what's going on here, other than that Ali G is about to engage in some of his usual libertine-bordering-on-degenerate behavior. As two actresses get things started under a blanket behind him, Cohen sticks a ball in his crotch, and he calls a dog up onto the bed. The dog, as dogs are wont to do, immediately goes for the ball. Or, rather, the balls.

Giovanni Ribisi admirably tried to lighten the mood during a tender scene for the comic western A Million Ways to Die in the West. Along with Sarah Silverman, he played one half of a couple abstaining until marriage, but there they are, in the same bed at the same time, both in their not-at-all-revealing 1800s underwear. Ribisi made the blooper reel with a bit of well-executed improvised physical comedy. In one continuous action, he flips over onto his side, strikes a "sexy" pose, and lightly touches his bedside reading material.

Starz's romantic drama set primarily in 18th century Scotland offers something for everyone: political intrigue, beautiful cinematography, and tons of love scenes between 20th century transplant Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and debonair warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Balfe and Heughan have clearly developed a casual ease with one another, to where filming those bedroom moments are more silly than awkward. All Balfe can do is erupt into infectious laughter when during one bit of TV sexy time, Heughan accidentally spits on her.