Sally Phillips wore 'loads of layers' for sex scene with Vinnie Jones due to 'body shyness'

Sally Phillips has revealed she deliberately wore extra layers of clothing when she reluctantly agreed to a sex scene with Vinnie Jones in the film Mean Machine in 2001.

Speaking to Daily Mail's Richard Eden, the 52-year-old actress said: 'There was a scene which Time Out [magazine] called 'the shortest, most gratuitous sex scene in cinema history.

'I swear I was supposed to just have sex with Vinnie Jones over a desk for no apparent reason, and I was terrified about this because I have never been the grand beauty, and always had crippling body shyness.

'And so I had a plot with the girls in Costume. I had loads and loads of layers and little, tiddly buttons, and so Vinnie literally could not unwrap me. 

'And he went, "Ah, f*** this for a game of soldiers", and just pushed my head down under the desk, which made it more gratuitous.'

Shy: Sally Phillips has revealed she deliberately wore extra layers of clothing when she reluctantly agreed to a sex scene with Vinnie Jones in the film Mean Machine in 2001

Speaking to Daily Mail's Richard Eden, the 52-year-old actress said: 'There was a scene which Time Out [magazine] called 'the shortest, most gratuitous sex scene in cinema history' (pictured in the film)

She continued: 'I swear I was supposed to just have sex with Vinnie Jones over a desk for no apparent reason, and I was terrified about this because I have never been the grand beauty, and always had crippling body shyness' (Vinnie pictured in the film)

It comes after Sally candidly opened up about her eldest son Olly's Down Syndrome diagnosis as she praised his 'amazing' emotional abilities. 

The Miranda star is an advocate for the Down's Syndrome community, working with several charities and with the BBC for a documentary in 2016. 

In a new interview with Big Issue on Thursday, the star sweetly spoke about her son Olly, 18, and his diagnosis. 

Sally revealed that despite other people believing 'the world had ended' at the time, Olly has grown up to be generous and kind-hearted. 

She said: 'Everyone around me was behaving like the world had ended, and that was very unhelpful.

'My son has an amazing ability to see what’s really important to the other person. He’s the one who finds the person who is left out in a group. 

'He’ll see when I’m unhappy before I realise it. He’s not magic. He’s just a boy. But he’s very emotionally aware.' 

The Alan Partridge actress shares sons Olly, 18, Luke, 16 and Tom, 11, with her ex-husband Andrew Barmejo, to whom she was married between 2003 and 2017.

She went on to reveal some of her happiest moments in her life have been dancing together with her three son's to Shakira's Waka Waka in Olly's bedroom when the boys were little. 

Olly wasn't diagnosed with Down's syndrome until he was 10 days old, with the newborn not feeding and rapidly losing weight, dropping from 8lb to 3lb. 

Down's syndrome is a genetic condition that typically causes some degree of learning disability and certain physical characteristics. 

Screening tests can uncover Down's syndrome during pregnancy but are not completely accurate. 

It is caused by an extra chromosome in a baby's cell due to a genetic change in the sperm or egg. 

Sweet words: It comes after Sally candidly opened up about her eldest son Olly's Down Syndrome diagnosis as she praised his 'amazing' emotional abilities

Family: Sally is pictured with her sons Olly, Luke and Tom (now 18, 16 and 11) in 2018

Close: The actress revealed others thought the world 'would end' when Olly was diagnosed but they have gone from strength to strength

In a 2020 interview with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, Sally said she wanted Olly to have two siblings because she 'didn't want to leave one sibling as a carer'. 

Speaking about the moment she was told Olly had Down's syndrome, she said: ' We got called back into A&E and the doctor said "I’m just going to run some tests for Down's syndrome". I said "what?" and he said "I’m sorry" and I just went into shock. 

'The shock I went into was shaking and the actress part of me was like this is so interesting. I am flapping like I’m trying to do an impression of a goose trying to take off a lake, that’s so strange. Then they had to take blood from my baby.

Sally said although she was initially 'devastated', her and her family's lives are more 'meaningful' for having Olly, and offered advice to parents of children with Down's syndrome.

She said: 'The way it tends to go is, that it is a tremendous shock, and you do feel devastated for a bit but everybody not only adjusts but quite often their lives are more meaningful and happier for having the person with Down's syndrome in it. 

'Within a certain period, within a year. I think presenting it as a big tragedy stops parents bonding. 

'I think it’s just really important that it’s presented to parents as "listen you are going to feel really bad and really frightened for a bit but it’s vanishingly rare for people to not to be delighted with their new family member".'   

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