Sex scenes on the big screen were always surrounded by a halo of mystery. Are real? Are there camera tricks? Is it all a game? Nobody comes out to clarify, although now Eva Mendes He added some spice to the subject: in reference to his first sex scene, shot with Joaquin Phoenix in the movie 'We own the night' (something like 'Dueños de la noche'), he said «It was really hard for me. Tears came to my eyes«. But what is this girl talking about?
Mendes also stated that director James Gray had to give her a shot of orange vodka to cope - she delightedly asked for more. Likewise, he clarified that «James was brilliant and the scene was made on the last day of shooting, so I was already comfortable with them»
The film, presented at the last Cannes Fetival, is a drama set in New York in 1988, when Russian mafias began to establish themselves in the nightclubs of the city. Mark Whalberg and Joaquin Phoenix play two brothers. The former is a cop, like his father, played by Robert Duvall, while the latter runs a fashion club. Eva is the partner of one of the brothers. The film was premieres in Spain on January 18, 2008.