Rosamund Pike describes her Saltburn character  as a ‘sexual anorexic’

Rosamund Pike has described her now iconic character in smash hit film Saltburn as a ‘sexual anorexic’. 

The actress, 45, performs the impolite, shallow and upper-class Lady Elspeth Catton within the thriller and is tipped to take residence a BAFTA Award for her perfomance on Sunday night. 

Describing how she approached the repressed character she instructed The Sun: ‘The meals anorexic would possibly say, ‘Food is my biggest want and in addition my biggest concern’. A sexual anorexic would say, ‘Sex is my biggest want and in addition my biggest concern’.

‘And that gave me a really fascinating solution to play Elspeth. Because it is your biggest want — you wish to be desired, you need individuals to take a look at you sexually — nevertheless it’s additionally one thing you detest’.

The film options an entire host of very saucy scenes, together with star Barry Keoghan dancing bare, however Rosamund admitted the movie was initially a lot much less raunchy.

Rosamund Pike, 45,  has described her now iconic character in smash hit film Saltburn as a ‘sexual anorexic’

The actress performs the impolite, shallow and upper-class Lady Elspeth Catton within the thriller and is tipped to take residence a BAFTA Award for her perfomance on Sunday night (pictured within the film)

She additionally instructed the publication how writer-director Emerald Fennell initially confirmed her a special script to what ended up on display screen, earlier than she went on to rewrite the story.

‘[Emerald] retains pushing these issues a bit additional. And I believe there are positively scenes within the movie which most likely may by no means have been within the script or she would by no means have gotten it made.’

It comes after Emerald claimed she has had extra ‘rage and fury’ directed at her over the film’s raunchy scenes as a result of she is a ‘feminine author’.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker, 38, admitted she was stunned by the ‘uproar’ Saltburn brought about, most notably Barry Keoghan’s stunning bathtub second, ‘vampire intercourse’ and that grave scene.

Emerald admitted that whereas ‘nobody believes it’, she does not really got down to create ‘divisive’ content material – however does get pleasure from ‘making individuals squirm’.

Saltburn shocked viewers upon its launch, with some loving the movie’s outrageous moments and others left outraged.

Emerald has opened up about feeling the pressure of that outrage, which she famous is ‘particularly’ distinguished and exposing as a feminine. 

Speaking on the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast about its reception, she mentioned: ‘It’s exposing for all of us, it is exposing for me as a result of I wrote it and I’m saying I believe the scene of licking a drain, the thought of that could be very attractive. 

Describing how she performed the repressed character she mentioned: ‘The meals anorexic would possibly say, ‘Food is my biggest want and in addition my biggest concern’. A sexual anorexic would say, ‘Sex is my biggest want and in addition my biggest concern’.

The film options an entire host of very saucy scenes, together with star Barry Keoghan (pictured) dancing bare, however Rosamund admitted the movie was initially a lot much less raunchy  

‘It’s additionally exposing as a result of when issues come out, because the filmmaker, significantly if you happen to’re a feminine, the accountability rightly comes all the way down to you.

‘But it means you are on the receiving finish of a variety of the ire or the criticism, that is additionally nice.’

She instructed comic Kathy Burke: ‘It’s been completely loopy. I really – though no person ever believes it – actually don’t got down to make issues which can be divisive, it is actually not an intention however evidently they’ve been.’

Of explicit word had been the shock-factor scenes within the bathtub and grave, each involving Irish actor Barry, 31.

The scene which appeared to set tongues wagging probably the most was when Barry’s character Oliver Quick simulated intercourse with the grave of his murdered finest buddy Felix Catton, performed by Jacob, 26. 

It comes after Emerald claimed she has had extra ‘rage and fury’ directed at her over the film’s raunchy scenes as a result of she is a ‘feminine author’ 

The Oscar-winning filmmaker admitted she was stunned by the ‘uproar’ Saltburn brought about, most notably Barry’s stunning bathtub second, ‘vampire intercourse’ and that grave scene 

Meanwhile the tub scene, which has since impressed manufacturers to create candles and bathtub bombs, sees Oliver secretly drink Felix’s bathtub water after he had masturbated in it because it drains from the bathtub.

‘With one thing just like the grave scene, Barry’s been very open about speaking about that, the depths to which that goes, it is one thing that is actually necessary to me,’ she added.

‘At each stage we now have an intimacy coordinator, we now have fixed conversations, if there was ever a second that someone modified their thoughts, even after the actual fact, within the edit or after take a look at screenings, if anybody had mentioned – not to mention Barry – they wished one thing out or modified, it will’ve gone.

‘I usually get requested “God, how did you get X to do Y” – I might by no means get anybody to do something.’