Things are hotting up in the Court of the Sun King.
Right from the start, the BBC drama Versailles caused controversy with its X-rated depiction of shameless bed-hopping by Louis XIV and his courtiers.
But now, as the show returns, it’s being slammed as ‘pornography’ for scenes more explicit than ever before – including a five-in- a-bed sex scene.
The shocking moment shows an all-male orgy in which the king’s brother Philippe, Duke of Orleans, is joined by his lover the Chevalier de Lorraine and three courtiers, all nude.
Elsewhere the king, played by British actor George Blagden, is seen dallying naked with his mistress, Madame de Montespan (fellow British star Anna Brewster).
Even the trailer for the show doesn’t pull any punches, featuring male and female nudity, and the Sun King inviting viewers to a court dominated by ‘corruption’, ‘darkness’, ‘temptation’ and ‘murder’.
Critics have accused the BBC of pandering to the lowest common denominator and being irresponsible in showing the French series at prime time, starting on BBC2 at 9.30pm on Friday, April 21.
Source: BBC Versailles returns with a five-in-a-bed sex scene | Daily Mail Online
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