And while he admits the part was initially a risk, it has certainly paid off. The role has rocketed child star Asa to grown-up stardom. “Then before filming we had a workshop where we wore loose trousers and watched snails having sex for eight hours.” The idea came from the show’s “intimacy co-ordinator” Ita O’Brien, who believed it would help make sex a less taboo subject.Īsa explains: “We were given a document the night before which was just animals having sex. The actor also reveals the cast had to watch animals having sex as part of their homework for the second series. “When I first read it and when they first pitched it to me they said it was going to be a lot of fun. The frenzy, which was filmed over six days, is sparked by him finally learning how to become aroused.īut a side effect means he is now turned on by almost anything, including a slice of Brie and wearing corduroy trousers.Īsa, who played the lead role of little boy Bruno in 2008 film The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, says: “The w***ing montage will follow me around for the rest of my career. BRIT star Asa’s sexually frustrated character Otis pleasures himself 15 times in the first 180 seconds of the season opener – despite being in a number of public places.
