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"Kristin Scott Thomas has brushed aside any suggestion that her sex scenes in Partir (Leaving) were unsimulated. The actress won the &amp;#039;Best British Actress&amp;#039; gong at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for her role as Suzanne in Catherine Corsini&amp;#039;s French-language film. When it was noted that the sex scenes &amp;#039;looked very real&amp;#039;, Scott Thomas said: &amp;quot;I can assure you straight away they were not real.&amp;quot; She added that such scenes &amp;quot;can be empowering, because you feel like you&amp;#039;re brave enough to do it and everyone else around you isn&amp;#039;t. It&amp;#039;s like jumping off a cliff&amp;quot;. Scott Thomas previously explained that you need &amp;quot;courage&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;choreography&amp;quot; to shoot a good love scene. Of her decision to star in the film, Scott Thomas said: &amp;quot;At the time, I was interested in making a film about a mature woman, her emotions and her sexuality.  &amp;quot;All around me, marriages are breaking down. You get to your late-40s and practically every couple you know is disintegrating. So many of my friends are gorgeous, powerful [but now] single women. How did they get that way?&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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