--- ---  # Maisie Williams Says Her First Sex Scene Was 'Extremely Awkward!' by [Mariah Haas/ People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mariah Haas/ People Aug 18, 2015 10:11 AM UTC  Maisie Williams in The Falling Maisie Williams in The FallingAimee Spinks—BBC Films by [Mariah Haas/ People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mariah Haas/ People Aug 18, 2015 10:11 AM UTC _The Falling_ star [Maisie Williams](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:MaisieWilliams,00.html) admits filming her first-ever sex scene for a role was well, “awkward.” “It was extremely awkward!” Williams – who plays Lydia in the indie film about students who attend an English all-girls school in the 1960s – told [Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/maisie-williams-the-falling-sex-scene.html). Thankfully, she says her costar Joe Cole “was very sensitive to the fact that I had never done a scene like this before, and it was great to work with someone who was so considerate of that.” To prepare for the scene, Williams, 18, says she and Cole just spent some time together on and off the set. “We went out for a couple of lunches and stuff just to get to know each other, and we had days of rehearsal where we’d get to know our characters and spend a couple of hours with each other,” she shared. [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/maisie-williams-filming-first-sex-scene-falling) Maisie Williams Talks Filming Her First Sex Scene ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4001335/maisie-williams-sex-scene/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4001335/maisie-williams-sex-scene/"},"headline":"Maisie Williams Says Her First Sex Scene Was 'Extremely Awkward!'","datePublished":"2015-08-18T10:11:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:32.136Z","description":"She prepared by having lunch with her co-star","url":"https://time.com/4001335/maisie-williams-sex-scene/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","movies","Maisie Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20ce88526029b99b/69885abb524fc061e8df38c8/aim_5628.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mariah Haas/ People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20ce88526029b99b/69885abb524fc061e8df38c8/aim_5628.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AIM_5628","caption":"Maisie Williams in The Falling","creditText":"Aimee Spinks—BBC Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4001335/maisie-williams-sex-scene/","name":"Maisie Williams Says Her First Sex Scene Was 'Extremely Awkward!'"}}]}] ```