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Both Tang Wei and Tony Leung Chiu-wai were asked whether the sex scenes in the movie were unsimulated. Tang Wei did not evade, and responded positively: "In the movie, we are just doing what we should do to have a baby." As for Tony Leung, he cleverly responded: "When the bodies collide with each other, it is indeed like a fake show!"
Director Ang Lee made Tony Leung Chiu-wai study the performances of Marlon Brando in Le Dernier Tango à Paris (1972), Humphrey Bogart in Le violent (1950) and Richard Burton in Equus (1977), to give him a sense of wounded masculinity, which Lee felt was right for the character of Mr. Yee.
Ang Lee said that directing the explicit sex scenes in this film was more difficult than directing the complicated fighting scenes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
The rather explicit sex scenes were shot over eleven days on a closed set, with only the main camera and sound personnel present.