Skins star April Pearson ‘reveals she is “still dealing” with effects of filming nude scenes’ at seventeen on the raunchy E4 drama – after admitting to not feeling protected on set

Skins star April Pearson has reportedly revealed she is ‘still dealing’ with the effects of filming nude scenes on the raunchy teen drama.

The 35-year-old actress played Michelle in the E4 series, which followed the hedonistic lives of a group of Bristol sixth formers, for two series between 2007 and 2008, alongside Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel.

April, who was 17 at the time of filming, has previously opened up about behind-the-scenes experiences, admitting she “didn’t feel protected” on set.

But now according to The sun April said she was still coming to terms with certain filmed scenes that described that time in her life as “weird” and “not always pleasant.”

The publication reports that during a TikTok Q&A with fans, someone asked, “Did you actually have to get naked in Skins?” If so, didn’t you feel uncomfortable?

The actress played Michelle in the E4 series, which followed the hedonistic lives of a group of Bristol sixth formers, for two series between 2007 and 2008 (pictured in the show)

April, who was 17 at the time of filming, has previously opened up about behind-the-scenes experiences and admitted she ‘didn’t feel protected’ on set

She answered bluntly, “Yes and Yes,” before continuing, “It was very strange and um, not always pleasant. Still working on it’.

MailOnline has contacted E4 for comment.

April previously spoke about her time on the show on her podcast Are you Michelle from Skins? saying: ‘You are young at that moment and you don’t know any better’.

“You don’t really know what to say, to speak out, is this okay? And like many victims of trauma, you look back and think, “Yeah, that was screwed up.” ‘

She continued, “There’s a difference between being officially old enough and being mentally old enough. “I had this conversation with my husband and I said I felt like I was too young, I felt like I wasn’t protected.”

April was joined for the chat by Laya Lewis, who played Liv Malone in seasons five and six and had similar experiences.

Laya was 18 when she first starred on the show, claiming that this meant she had more sex scenes than her other cast members.

She reflected, “I think it’s fair enough: we’re actors and we’re acting, but I think if you want to pick kids off the street, which is essentially what they did to get this authentic stuff going on screen, there is a need to provide some more help.

But according to reports, April said she was still coming to terms with certain filmed scenes describing that time in her life as “weird” and “not always pleasant.”

April previously spoke about her time on the show on her podcast Are You Michelle From Skins? saying: ‘At that point you’re young and you don’t know any better’ (photo April and Mike Bailey)

Meanwhile, Laya Lewis (R) was 18 when she first starred in the show, claiming this meant she had more sex scenes than her other cast members

“Talking about things, it was just a bit much to be scared, day one, here you are.”

The two actresses continued to claim that other cast members “felt the same” after the show ended, saying things have changed since Skins aired.

April told her fellow Skins alum, “Laya, you’re not the first person to say you took away some negativity from that experience

‘We’re talking about seven series of the same show and everyone feels the same, certainly the women and some of the men I’ve spoken to feel the same.

‘Nowadays you have an intimacy coordinator for nude-intimate scenes as standard and that was simply not an option.’

Most recently, Kaya Scodelario, who played Effy Stonem, claimed that there was no protection for her as a teenager while filming Skins and that there was no one to ‘check on her’ [the cast] were fine’.

Speaking about the Dish Podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Harnett, Kaya said: ‘Back then there wasn’t the same level of protection for young actors, there was no one checking to make sure everything was okay.’

Sex scenes were filmed without intimacy coordinators and there was no such thing as aftercare.

Most recently, Kaya Scodelario, who played Effy Stonem, claimed that there was no protection for her as a teenager while filming Skins and that there was no one to ‘check on her’ [the cast] were fine’ (pictured on the show)

Last year, Nicholas (pictured) from series one and two admitted he has never been an episode of his cult hit show Skins, and he has no plans to do so anytime soon.

Meanwhile, series one and two’s Nicholas admitted last year that he has never seen an episode of his cult hit show Skins, and he doesn’t plan to anytime soon.

The actor played Tony Stonem, the central character from series one and two, and he claimed he believes it would be ‘too painful’ for him to watch the show.

Speaking on Hits Radio Breakfast, Tom Green said: ‘I’ve never seen it. Maybe at some point I think it would be too painful for me to watch.

‘I don’t like looking at myself. I feel like, I don’t know, I’m shying away from it. Maybe when I’m 80? If I reach 80…’

Because cast members have spoken out, the writers released a statement saying, “We are deeply and unequivocally sorry that any cast member felt uncomfortable or insufficiently respected in their work during their time on Skins. We strive to continually develop safe, reliable and enjoyable working conditions for everyone who works in the TV industry.”