Sometimes actors’ on-screen chemistry seems so natural that we’re convinced they get along just as well when the cameras stop rolling. But these behind-the-scene secrets of some of your favorite kiss scenes reveal how things can get weird when one or both actors don’t want to smooch their co-star. And other times, the opposite takes place: some of the best kisses on the screen were unscripted and never supposed to happen! So take a seat somewhere cool because things are about to get steamy.
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt
Jennifer Lawrence was apprehensive about kissing costar Chris Pratt during the filming of Passengers. She and the actor were close friends off-screen, but she was also friends with Pratt’s wife, Anna Faris. She said that she felt guilty kissing a married man. Before she and Pratt were set to film their kissing scene when making the movie, she reportedly even consulted with her mother about what she should do in the situation.
Lawrence eventually gave in to the scene, but not before employing the help of a couple of cocktails to get her through it. We imagine her mom also provided some emotional support.
Will Smith and Anthony Hall
While filming the movie Six Degrees of Separation in the early 1990s, Will Smith refused to share an on-set kiss with costar Anthony Hall. In the movie, Smith played a gay character but reportedly tried to get out of filming the kissing scene. He even tried to talk the director into filming the scene from behind, which would have allowed for either a body double or for it to appear as if the two had kissed without actually doing it.
Despite this, Smith expressed regret for the incident years later. He said that he was not in the right place mentally at the time of filming and insinuated that he would do things differently today.