Martin Freeman breaks his silence on the fierce backlash surrounding THAT X-rated scene between him and Jenna Ortega – who is 31 years his junior – in their controversial movie Miller’s Girl

Martin Freeman has broken his silence on the backlash surrounding the X-rated scene between him and Jenna Ortega – who is 31 years his junior – in their controversial film Miller’s Girl.

When Miller’s Girl premiered in January, many viewers felt extremely “uncomfortable” thanks to a raunchy scene in which Martin, 52, and Jenna, 21, got intimate with each other.

Social media users were up in arms about it, labeling the scene as ‘gross’ and ‘disturbing’ thanks to their huge age difference.

But now Martin has defended and explained the film The times recently that it was meant to be “mature and nuanced.”

When Miller’s Girl premiered in January, many viewers felt extremely “uncomfortable” thanks to a raunchy segment in which Martin, 52, and Jenna, 21, got intimate with each other

But now Martin has defended the film, recently explaining to The Times that it was intended to be “mature and nuanced.” He insisted: ‘It is not said, ‘That is not so.’ [an age-gap romance] Awesome’

‘It is not said: ‘That is not the case.’ [an age-gap romance] great,” he emphasized.

He told the publication that “stories about difficult topics” can be “tarnished by association.”

‘And that’s a shame. Are we going to attack Liam Neeson for being in a movie about the Holocaust?’ he added, referring to Steven Spielberg’s 1992 film Schindler’s List, in which Liam played a businessman who joined the Nazi Party during World War II.

In Miller’s Girl, Wednesday star Jenna played 18-year-old student Cairo Sweet, while Martin took on the role of her teacher Jonathan Miller.

In the film, the two become enmeshed in a very complex and inappropriate relationship, which begins when Cairo writes a sex story as part of a creative writing assignment given to her by Jonathan.

Spicy scenes from this story are then played out on screen by the duo, leaving viewers in an uproar over the age difference between the co-stars.

Amid the investigation, intimacy coordinator Kristina Arjona revealed exclusively to DailyMail.com that Jenna was completely “comfortable and confident” about filming the explicit scenes for the movie.

“There were a lot of people involved in this process during this process [Jenna] to make sure it was consistent with what she was comfortable with, and she was very determined and very sure of what she wanted to do,” Kristina said.

He told the publication that ‘stories about difficult subjects’ can be ‘tarnished by association’

‘And that’s a shame. Are we going to attack Liam Neeson for being in a movie about the Holocaust?’ he added, referring to Steven Spielberg’s 1992 film Schindler’s List (seen)

In Miller’s Girl, Wednesday star Jenna played 18-year-old student Cairo Sweet, while Martin took on the role of her teacher Jonathan Miller. The cast can be seen

‘Part of my job is to support her decisions. I adapt to the comfort level of my actors, especially on a production like this where there is a big age gap between the actors.

“I am very aware of both of my talents and make sure we check in consistently and that at no point are either of their boundaries crossed.

“And again, making sure that — especially with someone who is significantly younger — that he’s continually giving consent.”

Kristina insisted she discussed the “level of nudity” with Jenna and Martin, as well as what “simulated sex scenes” were necessary, before talking them through modest clothing and the “extra barriers” they could use to achieve a to guarantee ‘appropriate distance’. ‘ was maintained.

In the film, the two become entangled in a very complex and inappropriate relationship, which begins when Cairo writes a sex story as part of a creative writing assignment.

Amid the backlash, intimacy coordinator Kristina Arjona revealed exclusively to DailyMail.com that Jenna was completely “comfortable and confident” about filming the explicit scene for the movie.

She said: ‘There were a lot of people involved in this process [Jenna] to make sure it was consistent with what she was comfortable with.” Jenna is seen with Martin

This information was also given to the actors in written form 48 hours before the scenes were filmed, but Kristina emphasized that they “also have the opportunity to change their mind on the day if they don’t want to do any of the elements that are required” . we have discussed.’

She revealed that there were plenty of discussions between cast and crew before scenes were shot and that test audiences were used to give bosses an idea of ​​what was ‘too much’.

“For this film in particular, because of the sensitivity of the content, they had a number of different variations of how they wanted to shoot these scenes so that audiences could watch them in test screenings to see what was too much,” she added.

Jenna previously participated in a sex scene for the movie X with Kid Cudi when she was 19 and he was 37.