Kerry Washington: Her Allure
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The actress and new mother talks about shooting sex scenes with Tony Goldwyn, the career challenges she's faced, and why, exactly, we're all so obsessed with Scandal.
Feedback from Scandal's TV audience—one episode sparked 700,000 tweets, and her character's wardrobe inspired a new clothing line for The Limited this fall—was instantaneous and clamorous. One reason the show sparks passionate interest is because of the steamy sex scenes between Olivia Pope and the married president of the United States (Tony Goldwyn). "They're hard to do. Sex scenes are always awkward," Washington says. "You're doing things that you're supposed to do with only certain people in your life. Because this is not your real partner in life, doing that is awkward. And then doing it in a room full of people is awkward." Here, she wears a royal-blue taffeta gown by Zac Posen.
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