While HBO is no stranger to graphic and often boundary-pushing sex scenes, their newest show, Westworld, has the media in a frenzy over its alleged sexual consent form. The form starts by informing the extras that by signing they agree to be “fully nude and/or witness others fully nude and participate in graphic sexual situations.” But from there, it gets much more specific—and strange. The form mentions bizarre stipulations like needing to wear “a pubic hair patch,” “have your genitals painted,” and “contort to form a table-like shape while being fully nude.”
It also requires questionable, x-rated performances involving “genital-to-genital touching,” simulated oral sex “with hand-to-genital touching,” and “pos[ing] on all fours while others who are fully nude ride on your back; [and] ride on someone’s back while you are both fully nude.” And if the actors didn’t get the idea with the extremely detailed list, the form makes clear that the show will contain language and sexual situations “that some may consider personally objectionable or uncomfortable.” HBO has responded to the backlash by saying they did not write or approve the document: “…our actual on-set practices…provide a professional and comfortable working environment for all performers.” To those extras who need the work, that must come as a great relief!
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Check out more about HBO’s alleged sexual consent form here.