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Emily Mortimer calls her son Sam Nivola's shocking sex scene in The White Lotus 'crazy' but admits as an acting family 'we've all had to watch each other do strange things'

Sam, 21, starred in the third season of the hit show, and alongside Patrick Schwarzenegger and Charlotte Le Bon had one of the most shocking scenes in the drama.

Sam, 21, starred in the third season of the hit show, and alongside Patrick Schwarzenegge r and Charlotte Le Bon had one of the most shocking scenes in the drama - when his character Lochlan Ratliff had a threesome with his own brother. Sam's mother Emily, 53, is no stranger to sex scenes during her illustrious 30 year career, with one of her most memorable being the controversial moment in the 2003 movie Young Adam when Ewan McGregor doused the naked actress in custard and ketchup. Sam has plenty of mentors he could lean on should he need it though, with celebrated actors Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey playing his parents in The White Lotus, whilst Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber were his onscreen mum and dad in 2024 Netflix hit The Perfect Couple.

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