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Danny Dyer says intimacy coaches made things 'awkward' on set of Rivals as he opens up about filming sex scenes for the racy bonkbuster


The former EastEnders star, 47, plays Freddie Jones in the eight-part drama, and shares several saucy moments with Lizzie Vereker, portrayed by The IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson.

The former EastEnders star, 47, plays Freddie Jones in the eight-part drama, and shares several saucy moments with Lizzie Vereker, portrayed by The IT Crowd's Katherine Parkinson. Danny Dyer has admitted that he felt 'awkward' during the steamy sex scenes in Rivals - the raunchy Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's classic bonkbuster (pictured at the BAFTA TV Awards) Speaking to MailOnline at Sunday night's BAFTA Television Awards, which saw the ex-EastEnders star claim the best male performance in a comedy gong for his role as Lee Campbell in Sky series My Bigstuff, the actor revealed he's been having polo lessons which has left his backside feeling 'uncomfortably sore.'

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