Director Céline Sciamma said she had no trouble persuading the three leading actresses to join. Although, nevertheless, there are a few intimate scenes in the film, like the sex scene between Adèle Haenel and Pauline Acquart, and the two sequences in which 17 years old Louise Blachère shows her round body completely naked from behind and from the front. "In the casting, I told each girl the whole scenario, including that scene in which one girl deflowers the other. You can't just say to a girl, 'if you're naked, that's your character.' No, it's her body. So I was always honest. I said that I would not betray them, that I would not take anything from them, that they should give me something. By itself. If they wanted to participate, they knew how far they had to go. I was surprised that they were immediately excited.
Director Céline Sciamma said she had no trouble persuading the three leading actresses to join. Although, nevertheless, there are a few intimate scenes in the film, like the sex scene between Adèle Haenel and Pauline Acquart, and the two sequences in which 17 years old Louise Blachère shows her round body completely naked from behind and from the front. "In the casting, I told each girl the whole scenario, including that scene in which one girl deflowers the other. You can't just say to a girl, 'if you're naked, that's your character.' No, it's her body. So I was always honest. I said that I would not betray them, that I would not take anything from them, that they should give me something. By itself. If they wanted to participate, they knew how far they had to go. I was surprised that they were immediately excited.