She is set to play Jane Porter, the wife of savage Tarzan in the upcoming Legend Of Tarzan.
Yet Margot Robbie unleashed her own wild side during filming, punching leading man Alexander Skarsgard during a steamy sex scene.
‘They’re doing this love scene together, and I said [to Margot], “Just slap Alex while you’re making love, just kind of give him a punch,”‘ Director David Yates told Entertainment Weekly.
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Fifty Shades of Tarzan! Margot Robbie unleashed her own wild side during filming of The Legend Of Tarzan, punching leading man Alexander Skarsgard during a steamy sex scene
Opening up about the intense sex scene which sways to the more violent side, David said that Margot, 25, even injured Alexander, 39, leaving a lasting mark on him.
‘It was sort of an earthy, sensual moment of her enjoying sex with Alex, and the only bruise he picked up during the entire shoot was probably that punch from Margot,’ he said, adding: ‘Which says a lot about her feistiness.’
David, who also directed Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, explained that he knew from the start that Margot was the perfect person to embody the independent and assertive qualities of Jane.
‘It was very important that we didn’t want it to feel archaic or dated, where it’s like, tough guy has to save the poor girl. You have to feel that she’s strong and independent, and when you cast Margot, you’ll definitely get that,’ he said.
‘It was sort of an earthy, sensual moment’: During the intense sex scene which sways to the more violent side, Margot, 25, even injured Alexander, 39, leaving a lasting mark on him
‘Just slap Alex while you’re making love, just kind of give him a punch’: Director David Yates told Entertainment Weekly he guided Margot to become violent during the steamy scene
The movie’s trailer foreshadows that Margot’s character will be far from a passive wife who sits around waiting for Tarzan to save her.
In the trailer, the former Neighbours star is shown refusing to scream like a damsel in distress, when Christoph Waltz’s villainous Leon Rom tries to use her as bait for her husband.
In the clip, a brunette Margot looks poles apart from her usual polished self as she fights for her husband’s freedom.
‘You have to feel that she’s strong and independent’: David explained that he knew from the start that Margot was the perfect person to embody the independent and assertive qualities of Jane
First look: The movie’s trailer foreshadows that Margot’s character will be far from a passive wife who sits around waiting for Tarzan to save her
The film is set in the years since since the man once known as Tarzan left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke,with his beloved wife, Jane at his side.
He has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Leon Rom.
But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.
The film boasts an all-star cast of Oscar nominees and winners including Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou and Jim Broadbent.
Feisty: In the trailer, the former Neighbours star is shown refusing to scream like a damsel in distress, when Christoph Waltz’s villainous Leon Rom tries to use her as bait for her husband
Starring role: In the clip, a brunette Margot looks poles apart from her usual polished self as she fights for her husband’s freedom
Leading man: The film is set in the years since since the man once known as Tarzan, played by Alexander, left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Margot is certainly not stranger to showing her feisty side in the bedroom.
The Australian actress had no qualms getting completely naked for filming of the iconic sex scenes in The Wolf Of Wall Street.
She is also expected to kick butt as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad which will hit cinemas later this year
Meanwhile, the Tarzan movies have a long history of pushing the boundaries with sensuality.
A perfect example being Bo Derek who played Jane in the 1981 Tarzan: The Ape Man, and put on quite the erotic display during the highly charged R-rated sex-scenes.
Rise to fame: Margot is certainly not stranger to showing her feisty side in the bedroom
Vixen: The Australian actress had no qualms getting completely naked for filming of the iconic sex scenes in The Wolf Of Wall Street
Taking over the reigns: Bo Derek who played Jane in the 1981 Tarzan: The Ape Man, and put on quite the erotic display during the highly charged R-rated sex-scenes
