How Do Actors Kiss On Stage?
I’m sure that a lot of people want to know that…
But the answer is quite bland.
Although the image above contradicts me… There is no tongue.
The stage kiss, then, is a kiss that is aesthetically charged with pleasure… But it sucks to feel. While in drama school, I had the same partner for almost every love scene I did. It was to be expected that we would develop some intimacy over time. We didn’t. And although she was beautiful, kissing her brought me no pleasure. This was good in practice, because in the second year, I started dating another girl and, well… It is better to feel joy kissing only those we are dating, right?
Of course, things vary. On television and cinema, for example, there are close-ups. If someone takes a close look at a more agitated stage kiss, they will notice that tongues are not working. So, many times, on TV and in the cinema, the actors actually kiss “for real.” It is the context of the scene that asks for it or not. Usually, the actors and actresses agree on what they are going to do before the stage. When the two are single and have no problems with it, the kiss can be real.
It has already happened to me: right after graduation, the girl who was always my romantic partner left the theater company, and we called a replacement. On the first day of rehearsal, I called…
