Ex-eastender
Gillian Taylforth refused to strip for sex scenes in a new ITV1 drama as she thinks she’s too old.
Gillian, 50, plays a randy bus driver who has sex with her two lovers on the back seat of a bus, in a toilet and a snooker room in Jane Hall’s Big Bad Bus Ride beginning on July 12.
She said: “They aren’t too explicit – I don’t think people will want to see my body at my age! There’s nothing on display.
“There’s no flesh on show – just uniforms round our ankles. I was relieved, as I didn’t want to show my body – not that anyone would want to see it anyway.“
Gillian admits she was still nervous about the scenes. She added: “I was really worried as I thought people might think that’s how I have sex in real life.
“But the scenes were all choreographed and the guys I did the scenes with – Noel Clarke who plays Mickey in Doctor Who and Nitin Ganatra – were great. They told me not to worry and just have a laugh.
“They were very gentle but the sex scenes weren’t comfortable as we had to get into certain positions. No doubt I’ll be getting some ribbing from the regulars down my local pub about them.”
The six parter stars At Home With The Braithwaites actress Sarah Smart in the title role as a university drop out who becomes a bus driver.