Ex-dynasty star ‘hated’ love scenes

Dame Joan Collins has declared that she “hates” filming “embarrassing” love scenes.

The star, 84 – known for her glamorous Dynasty alter-ego Alexis – said that she particularly loathed shooting one naked scene.

She tells tomorrow’s instalment of The Jonathan Ross Show: “I was reading about Judi Dench, who says that she likes love scenes. I hate them. I’ve always hated them.

“They’re embarrassing, and you have to be careful that your nose doesn’t get in the way, that your lipstick doesn’t get on the man’s white shirt, that he doesn’t squash your boobs. I had to do one love scene with an actor that I really disliked, and he really disliked me, and it was a nude scene, and it was not nice.”

Asked who it was, she said: “It was George Peppard.” The actress told the ITV chat show that she had foreseen the death of screen star James Dean, who died, aged 24, in a car crash.

“I didn’t exactly date him, I went out with him. But I knew him as a friend,” she said.

She said that she fought for balanced pay with her dynasty co-star John Forsythe, adding: “I finally managed it, because I became quite popular on the show.”