Hollywood star Emma Stone has responded to criticism over sex scenes in her latest film, Poor Things. She told the BBC that sex is an essential part of her character's story.
The film, which is based on the novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, features Stone's character Bella Baxter, a dead woman resurrected with the brain of an unborn child.
Sex plays an important role in the film as a way to teach Bella to understand her body and how others covet it.
Bella learns that she can profit from sex and uses it to finance her studies.
"Sex is obviously a big part of the experience and growing up, as it is, I think, for most people in life," Stone explained to the BBC. "I'm not someone who just wants to be naked all the time, but I'm someone who wants to honor the character as much as possible."
