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Emma Stone: Sex scene gave me asthma

16th September 2010

(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Emma Stone had an asthma attack while shooting a supposedly raunchy movie scene even though shed never suffered from the disease before.

The actress plays Olive in new film Easy A, which also stars Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley. Olive agrees to pretend to have noisy sex with one of her male pals so he will earn the respect of some of the high school hard men, but news of her favour soon spreads and shes inundated with requests from other pupils.

Emma enjoyed making the movie, but revealed she did have trouble with one of the supposedly risqu scenes. Oh, for the love, I can't even simulate sex without dying! she laughed to MTV News. I had a little asthma attack, without any prior knowledge that I had asthma, during the scene where we had to jump up and down for hours and hours screaming and yelling on the bed. [It] was humiliating, because it was the second day of shooting.

The 21-year-old was horrified when she began to feel unwell, and it was made even worse when she had to have medical help. She worried her co-stars and those working behind the scenes would not want to keep working with her, but they were very supportive.

Here's what it's going to be like the whole movie, as I'm breathing into an oxygen tank," she said. "The crew was like, 'She's going to be a real blast. Wow. Amazing. A 20-year-old having an asthma attack.' " (C) Cover Media

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