‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Scrapped Sex Scene with the Lawyer

Sandra Hüller says a sex scene involving her character Sandra and her lawyer Vincent almost made it into “Anatomy of a Fall. The Oscar-nominated actress told Variety that the courtroom drama, which is up for Best Picture, originally had a sex scene involving her character Sandra and her defense lawyer (Swann Arlaud), who has gone viral by way of the “Fleabag” “hot priest” on the internet.

While Hüller credited writer/director Justine Triet’s film for having a “perfect script,” she and a producer found one planned scene to be particularly “dull”; the sequence ultimately was scrapped. “There was an actual love scene in the film, we could see their affair,” Hüller said of her widow character Sandra and her attorney. Hüller added that producer Marie-Ange Luciani disagreed with the scene, and it was not included in the film.

“She [Luciani] said, ‘Please, don’t do it, it’s so ’80s,’ which is very true,” Hüller said. “Why do people always have to prove they love each other by going to bed with each other? It’s so dull!”

In IndieWire’s Cannes review of the film, the critic compared “Anatomy of a Fall” to “Basic Instinct” if it took place in the courtroom.

Hüller later told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson that her “Anatomy of a Fall” role was written for her specifically by writer/director Triet, who is nominated for Best Director at the 2024 Oscars. “I immediately said, ‘yes,’ because I…