Many sex scenes were filmed for 'Bridgerton' season 2 — they just didn't make the final cut

• "Bridgerton" fans and critics have pointed out that there are far fewer sex scenes in season two.
• Intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot told Insider that many of the steamy scenes were cut from the show.

There are far fewer steamy sex scenes in the second season of "Bridgerton," a fact that hasn't gone unnoticed by critics and fans.

But intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot told Insider that many sex scenes were filmed — they just didn't make the final cut.

Talbot — who choreographs all the steamy moments for the series — said it took two full days to shoot the first big sex scene between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) in episode seven.

The scene showed on the show is less than two minutes long, and Talbot said much of what they filmed was left on the cutting room floor.

"[We spent] two days on episode seven, so you can imagine there was a bunch more in it!" she said. "There's always sex scenes that don't make the final edit."

Talbot said plenty of steamy scenes were also left out of season one, which focuses on the passionate relationship between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page). The season in general also features far more sex — including one infamous three-minute montage set to a Taylor Swift song.

But Talbot told Insider that season two of "Bridgerton" is all about the "slow sizzle," emphasizing "the yearning, the hand grazes, the looks, and the vulnerability" between Kate and Anthony.

"In the first season we met Daphne and we walked along with her sort of sexual awakening," Talbot said. "This time we're dealing with a character that's much more savvy and she knows what she wants, so it's been a different approach to intimacy on this season."

Since Anthony and Kate don't get married until the very end of the second season, Talbot said they also couldn't show as much sex between the two characters.

"We're still working in the Regency period," she said. "We see Daphne and Simon's relationship in far more explicit detail because they get married a lot earlier on in season one. So we're seeing a lot more charged and forbidden want and interaction between Kate and Anthony during this season — but that's all released in the final two episodes."

"I think we've done the characters justice, and I think we have really ensured that every sex scene has been earned properly," she added. "We're still staying true to the female gaze and the intentional viewpoint that 'Bridgerton' always has, and I think we've stayed true to the characters' arc of this forbidden love journey."

Talbot also praised Bailey and Ashley, revealing that they even helped choreograph the first big sex scene between their characters.

"Jonny brings such wonderful energy, charm, and hilarity," Talbot said. "And Simone is so confident, cool, calm, collected. It was a really beautiful merging."

"They know their characters so inside out,"she added. "They know exactly what their character would do in this moment, and they can bring so much to the scene because of that. It's always a gift when you've got actors who really understand their characters."

"Bridgerton" is airing now on Netflix.