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Netflix fans couldn’t believe their eyes during a kinky sex scene in new thriller Obsession.
The BDSM-themed drama follows character William (Richard Armitage) as he embarks on a dangerous affair with his son’s girlfriend, Anna (Charlie Murphy).
As William’s obsession with Anna grows he follows her to Paris, where she is on a romantic weekend away with his son, Jay.
But things went a step too far for viewers when William got into their hotel room and performed a sex act with a pillow.
One fan branded the scene “unhinged”, while another said it was “the first time anyone on a Netflix show has ever humped a cushion”.
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Characters William and Anna have a steamy affair, which can only end badly (Netflix)Taking to Twitter, another viewer exclaimed: “F***ing hell, was not expecting the pillow sniffing w**k.”
Another joked: “This is why I always take the hotel cushions off the bed & put them far, far away.”
A third wrote: “Me: excited to start a cool, dark, fatal attraction type thriller... Also Me: Ends up watching some middle age Englishman s**g a pillow.”
“Obsession on Netflix is legit porn. I had to stop watching cause it wasn’t suitable for my spirtual life,” a fourth said.
While a fifth added: “Omg this guy is nuts.”
Anna and William in one of their many floor romps (Netflix)Although the steamy scene has certainly got viewers talking, actor Richard revealed he actually improvised it.
Talking about filming it, he told Metro : “It was really unexpected because it was written as quite a different scene."
He revealed they initially planned to show a tissue with the imprint of Anna’s lipstick on, but producers didn’t feel it worked.
Richard continued: “I was really conscious that it shouldn’t be in any way comedic so we sort of left it quite open and it was a bit of an improvisation actually.
“Charlie had – without me knowing – sprayed her scent that she’d been wearing throughout the shoot into different parts of the bed and I just got the sense of it and that’s where the scene just opened. But the recording of it wasn’t too planned.”
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William ties Anna up in one scene (Netflix)Anna actress Charlie - who viewers will have seen in Peaky Blinders and Happy Valley - says although the sex scenes are intense, the cast had fun on set.
At a press screening for the series, she revealed: “Even though we were naked we felt we had armour and we could have fun. I think it all kind of fell into place in the rehearsal.
“In previous jobs, you’d be knocking at someone’s door at 6am going ‘Hi, sorry I know you’re probably getting ready and eating breakfast, but do you mind if I touch your bum in that moment. OK, I’ll see you on set’, that happens."
She added: “So it was such a joy not having to deal with any of that and be afforded time... for me, it makes everything so much richer.”
The four-part series dropped on Netflix on April 13 and is based on Josephine Hart’s novel, Damage.