Linda Cardellini, who starred in the acclaimed DTF St. Louis, revealed that her first scene with co-star Jason Bateman was a sex scene, and a particularly challenging one. During her recent talk show appearance, she detailed what happened, but claimed that it was “perfect” and made things smoother through the rest of the series.

Linda Cardellini talks sitting on Jason Bateman’s face in DTF St. Louis sex scene

Linda Cardellini recently made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she discussed her sex scene from DTF St. Louis. During the filming, Cardellini had to begin by shooting the sex scene with Jason Bateman. This means that their first interaction was a rather uncomfortable one.

However, the actress claimed that doing this first made things smoother for the rest of the filming.

“I know exactly what you’re talking about. Yes, I do. Our very first scene wasn’t really scheduled to be our first scene together, but then there was some…like scheduling things, and it ended up being this scene in the show,” Cardellini said when Kimmel referred to the scene.

“They’re in a lot of intimate situations, and uh, I end up having to sit uh on his…right on his…face,” she said, “So that was our first scene together.” The revelation drew loud reactions from the live audience.

Kimmel remarked that Bateman did not even like shaking people’s hands. “No, but we kind of both are a little bit sort of germaphobes. So, it was perfect,” Cardellini added, “it was perfect. Yeah, we worked out great.”

“You didn’t get any germs from his face?” Kimmel joked. “No. No, we had Yeah, we had barriers. We had Yeah. Yeah,” she responded, laughing.

Kimmel further asked if she felt that doing this scene first made it easier. “Yes. After you sit on somebody’s face…it’s like…smooth sailing from there,” remarked the actress.

DTF St. Louis is currently streaming on HBO Max.