Portia de Rossi Hated Being Lesbian Lover

Tue, 13 November 2007 21:33:23 ET

The Joely Richardson's love interest in 'Nip/Tuck' revealed that she hated filming lesbian sex scenes with the star in fear of being type-casted.

Portia de Rossi hated filming lesbian sex scenes with Joely Richardson. The 'Ally McBeal' star, who has been in a lesbian relationship with US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres for three years, hated playing Joely's lover in the latest series of US TV show 'Nip/Tuck'.

Portia, 34, said: "I hate gratuitous sex scenes. I'm a prude, I really am. I related to Joely's character so much more than my own. She was having a really hard time with her sexuality, and it was difficult for her to tell people she was gay. To hear her struggle like that was very emotional for me."

Joely recently revealed she really enjoyed her steamy sex scenes with Portia. The 42-year-old British actress said: "I have no problems kissing women. It's not the first time I have done lesbian scenes. I have heard Ellen was jealous. She has been on set. She is great and Portia is lovely. Please don't think there is anything going on between us."

Portia has also confessed she was worried about being type-cast as a lesbian if she accepted the role, but was persuaded to take the part by Ellen. She added to the USA Today newspaper: "My relationship with Ellen is so public, and I thought, 'Am I going to play a romantic lead again?' I had that one moment of, 'Does this mean I'll be typecast as a lesbian?' And Ellen turned to me and said, 'So what?' And I thought, 'Oh, yeah, right, so what?' I was offered romantic lead roles, and I turned them down because the lesbian seemed more interesting to me. It's so crazy because I never faced any kind of discrimination. Here, it's all scripted, but it still stings. It was a very interesting thing for me to experience. I'd walk away at the end of the day not feeling very good."

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