“Virgin River ”star injured himself filming wild motorbike intercourse scene: ‘My again damage for weeks’

Throughout seven seasons of Virgin River shenanigans, Brady (Ben Hollingsworth) has survived a stabbing, a town-wide apocalyptic wildfire, hordes of flirtatious glances as he slung drinks at Jack's Bar, and even fornication on a public pool desk (!!!). However the actor behind the character tells Leisure Weekly he met his match in additional methods than one whereas coupled up on a bike in one of many romantic drama's greatest intercourse scenes but.

Issues revved up atop Brady's bike (not even figuratively, as he chokes one of many handles moments earlier than the scene in query) on the finish of the brand new season's ninth episode, simply earlier than his on-again, off-again lover, Brie (Zibby Allen), barges into his soon-to-be workshop.

After an intense confession of affection following almost two seasons spent fueling followers' will-they-or-won't-they hypothesis, Brie lastly pleads with Brady: "Be with me." And, uh, they each take the phrase actually.

The pair have intercourse on high of Brady's motorbike, with Brie straddling Brady as he lies again on the bike moments earlier than she rips open his shirt with each fingers.

"There's an abandon with Brady and Brie that's uncooked horny, not like Mel [Alexandra Breckenridge] and Jack [Martin Henderson] or different {couples} on the present," Hollingsworth tells EW. "The spontaneity can be representational of their relationship. It was spontaneous on day one, and it didn't add up or make sense on paper. It simply works. That scene encapsulates that, as a result of we had the pool desk in season 6, and that was a reasonably epic second, and the best way it was pitched to me was, 'This scene would make the pool desk blush.'"

It additionally made him wince in ache. "The human physique will not be meant to have intercourse on a bike," he says. "My again damage for weeks. I used to be arching my again over that factor. Discuss an ab exercise … It’d've translated as pleasure or lust on display, however Ben Hollingsworth was in ache!"

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However the star, who first appeared on Virgin River's inaugural season in 2019, thinks the wrestle was price it.

"I knew it was coming, however I didn't comprehend it wouldn't be till episode 9. It felt earned that method," he says. "Emotionally, if you earn one thing, it does type of set the temper for the viewers as a result of they really feel fulfilled."

He finishes on a private word. "I do know, personally, once I please my spouse emotionally, it interprets into one thing actually nice," the daddy of three says with fun.

Hollingsworth additionally addresses Brady's ambiguous destiny after season 7 ended on a cliffhanger during which the fan-favorite character slid off his motorbike (sure, the very one which he and Brie used the evening earlier than) in a brutal crash within the finale's closing moments.

When requested if he is aware of whether or not Brady lives or dies, Hollingsworth replies, "I do — however I can't inform anybody!"

"I couldn't consider it. At first I used to be like, 'Is Brady completed on the present?'" Hollingsworth remembers of studying the script for the primary time. "The second you learn it, it does ship slightly chill down your again and make you suppose, 'Is that this the tip?'"

Virgin River season 7 is streaming now on Netflix.

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