French actress Eva Green was covered in bruises after filming a "brutal" sex scene with Australian star Sullivan Stapleton in 300: Rise of an Empire.
In the upcoming action spin-off, the former Bond girl plays a vengeful warrior in charge of the Persian navy, and one onscreen fight with Stapleton turned into a frantic sex scene.
"I haven't seen the sex scene, but I've heard it's quite full-on and brutal. I'd kind of forgotten about it... That was sex as a fight. I had bruises all over my body afterwards and I smacked Sullivan," Green told ShortList magazine.
"You don't need to tell him (to go for it). He's not scared, he's this big, strong Aussie and he's proud of it. He's a real man."
* 300: Rise of an Empire opens in Australian cinemas on March 6.
