Kristen Stewart went on to say that she feels as if “Love Lies Bleeding” shows every aspect of intimacy between two people, including conversation and physical communication. “Really nailing the details and talking about the physical experience more so than even seeing it, like verbalizing it, talking to each other, sharing space, like having it not be cut up into a ton of different shots, it felt like … a really beautiful thing to deliver an experience that was, like, literal instead of faux,” she said in the interview. Her co-star Katy O’Brian agreed, adding, “If anyone takes anything from this movie, it’s to ask your partner what they like. You don’t see that in a movie.”
It’s clear that Rose Glass and her two lead actors crafted a beautiful love story between gym manager Lou (Stewart) and a female bodybuilder (O’Brian), who end up committing a number of crimes after they run afoul of Lou’s dangerous father Lou Sr. (Ed Harris). However, O’Brian admitted that there were still some awkward moments on set. Though there was an intimacy coordinator and everything was meticulously planned, she also said she felt like she was wearing a “diaper” when she donned multiple layers for one intimate scene in the movie. “It was a cute diaper,” Stewart quipped.
