{"id":3805,"date":"2026-05-15T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:10:54","slug":"alex-hassell-addresses-if-he-wore-a-prosthetic-for-ruperts-many-many-spicy-scenes-in-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/05\/15\/alex-hassell-addresses-if-he-wore-a-prosthetic-for-ruperts-many-many-spicy-scenes-in-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Hassell addresses if he wore a prosthetic for Rupert’s many, many spicy scenes in Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rivals season two has arrived on Hulu and Disney+. The show includes many scandals, but not many clothes. If you’ve wondered whether Alex Hassall is wearing a prosthetic during Rupert Campbell-Black’s many spicy scenes in Rivals season two, you’re in luck! He’s answered this question in extreme detail for you.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the production team for Rivals<\/a> did contemplate utilising prosthetics during the various nude scenes. Alex Hassell told The Times<\/a>: “In the book<\/a>, Ruper<\/a>t is said to have a d*ck that could bat bread rolls across the room and while I am okay, I wouldn\u2019t suggest that I could bat bread rolls across a room. And so they made some [prosthetic penises].”<\/p>\n

He continued: “They had to be held up against my face to see if the colouring was right. The first question I was asked on my first day of filming, sitting in the make-up chair for the first time, was what colour my penis was, so they [the production team] could get on with making them. It set a precedent for the whole show as to how well we were going to get to know each other. I decided very quickly to be very respectful of everyone\u2019s boundaries and my own, but also be very blas\u00e9 about the whole thing because if I was nervous about it, it would come off on screen.”<\/p>\n

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Rupert does not seems to like wearing clothes very much
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Ahead of season one, the production team did also contemplate using digital effects<\/a> to give Rupert the right, erm, look.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the crew decide Alex Hassell would “use \u2018model\u2019s own\u2019, as we say”. So no, Alex Hassell did not wear a prosthetic for any spicy scenes in seasons one or two of Rivals. It’s really him in the show, *au naturel*.<\/p>\n

For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,\u00a0<\/i>like our Facebook page<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Featured image via Disney+.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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