In 2023, actress Olivia Munn was recognized with a uncommon type of breast most cancers referred to as luminal B. Fortunately, her docs caught the illness in Stage 1, however over the course of the following 12 months, she would undergo 4 surgical procedures to fight the sickness, together with a double mastectomy. Although nonetheless recovering in 2024, Munn knew that performing once more could be an necessary step in her remedy plan. Nonetheless, when the provide got here in to play a lately divorced one-percenter within the midst of a dalliance with Jon Hamm‘s mid-life disaster hedge-fund operator within the new Apple TV+ sequence “Your Buddies and Neighbors,” Munn was involved about taking over the intimacy the function required.
“I used to be actually nervous about doing any intercourse scenes as a result of I’ve lots of scars,” she mentioned in a current interview with the Los Angeles Instances. “Scars that may be seen in clothes and scars that you simply wouldn’t know until I used to be utterly nude.”
Consummate skilled that she is, Munn was, nevertheless, conscious how necessary intercourse was to the connection between her and Hamm’s characters. Although she felt “insecure” about baring all, with the help of an intimacy coordinator, she was capable of finding the consolation wanted to discover this narrative and, within the course of, take a step ahead in her most cancers battle.
“She needs one thing a lot extra from him than he’s prepared to provide, and their solely connection is thru intercourse,” Munn mentioned of her “Your Buddies and Neighbors” character. “I actually wished that to be portrayed. I wished the intercourse scenes to really feel like intercourse scenes — I wished them to really feel visceral and intense and never maintain again in any respect.”
Within the course of, Munn discovered a technique to reclaim management over her physique after it had turned in opposition to her. On the similar time, she informed the LA Instances she was “grateful” for her physique’s skill to deal with the journey she’s been by means of. This wasn’t one thing she was sure of when she first discovered her analysis.
“It’s like screaming, however no one can hear you, irrespective of how a lot I scream,” mentioned Munn of being informed she had breast most cancers. “It doesn’t matter how a lot I urge or cry or negotiate. I’ve no say on this state of affairs. I simply pray that I make it out on the opposite facet.”
“Your Buddies and Neighbors” is at the moment streaming on Apple TV+ with new episodes launched each Friday.