Non-MX Interviews: Lauren Lee Smith (11/05 Maclean's)

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Excerpt from Macleans.ca 11/18/05: Lauren Lee Smith

Newsmakers of the Week: IF SEX SELLS, LIE WITH ME SHOULD MAKE A FORTUNE

LAUREN LEE SMITH didn't need much of a wardrobe for her film debut, Lie With Me(in theatres Nov. 18). Her character Leila spends a lot of the movie naked and having remarkably realistic-looking big-screen sex -- often with David, played by Eric Balfour.

"I don't plan on playing a girl addicted to sex again anytime soon," says Smith, 25, when asked if she's worried about being typecast. "That could sort of screw me."

Director Clement Virgo -- who adapted the film from the erotic novel written by his wife, Tamara Faith Berger -- straddles the fine line between art and porn. Smith says having a small crew on set made the intensely intimate moments easier: only Smith, Balfour, Virgo and a camera- and soundman were there when the most explicit scenes were shot.

"The camera guy was literally in bed with us," says Smith. "It was sort of like a threesome."

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