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I have a had a *wonderful* morning. Yes I know its Monday but if you could see the pictures I got in my Inbox today you'd be smiling too.
..Obviously if I had an ounce of html ability I'd post the pic here but instead you'll either have to join my list or wait until someone more html literate manages to post it..
Basically I have details about Peter Wingfield's new episode of Bliss. I already knew it was to have a BDSM flavour but I received the press post about the episode and am now a *very* happy person. The episode is called 'Tying Up Gerald' and I for one can't *wait* to see it.
Needless to say the pictures I am talking about are previews from this episode and they are *so* hot I think my heart stopped when I was looking at them..
..and people wonder why I have an obsession with Methos in bondage *sighs*
sode 6, Season 3
"Tying Up Gerald"
Written by: Katherine Schlemmer
Directed by: Mina Shum
Starring: Shary Guthrie, Katya Gardner and Peter Wingfield
'Mireille comes home one day to find her husband at the mercy of a dominatrix. Can the marriage be salvaged with an erotic solution?'
Mireille, a sophisticated interior designer in her early thirties, returns home unexpectedly early from a business trip to Indonesia to find her husband's clothes scattered around their house. Something's wrong. Her heart sinks. In the master bedroom, Mireille finds Gerald squirming with desire under the hand of a leather-clad dominatrix, Vanessa. This isn't the Gerald she married! Initially Mireille is crushed, but ends up seeking out Vanessa's help to save her marriage.
Mireille finds herself quite willing to enlarge the sexual menu at home, if necessary, and explore exciting new terrain in order to give Gerald what he needs. Surprisingly, Vanessa's tools and toys hold their own intrigue for Mireille. Gerald, however, won't see Mireille as anything but his traditional, loving wife. That's when Mireille and Vanessa join forces to change his mind. They come up with a way of preserving the matrimonial harmony at home while incorporating the unique power dynamics of dominatrix-assisted sex into Mireille's married life. But while Mireille is ready for an extreme solution, is Gerald?
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
"We went to a real dominatrix," recalls executive producer and co- creator Janic Lundman. "We went to her loft in Old Montreal, with an unmarked door. Inside, she had an operating table and tools and a silver wall. It was all very clinical, austere and minimalist. This kind of research is invaluable for authenticity, which is important to us. We wanted everything to ring true so it wouldn't distract from the main story - the couple's quest to create a new, sexual power dynamic."
Using a stunt coordinator and the real dominatrix as a consultant, Lundman and director Mina Shum and the rest of the production team for Bliss - Tying Up Gerald went to great lengths to make this episode titillating, but not caricatured.
"We didn't want it to be too campy," explains Lundman. "And not too over-the-top. They're real people going through real events. The wife, Mireille, realizes that the crisis has brought out something unexpected in her, and we need that revelation to be believable."
Director Mina Shum was fascinated by the character Gerald's double life: "He has a private face and a public face, like everyone else. It's the disconnection between the private and public face that keeps us off balance. I'm always interested in this imbalance... After three years of marriage, it was time for Gerald to incorporate his darker side into his relationship, or the marriage would crumble."
Actor Peter Wingfield, who plays Gerald, agrees, adding: "The guy wants to get caught!" laughs Wingfield, who just wrapped production with Shum on another production, The Shields' Stories - Various Miracles. "Why else have the dominatrix come to their home? He knows his wife could walk in at any moment."
Wingfield also learned a thing or two about the world of sexual
domination while researching his role: "It's not about pain, as you'd imagine," explains Wingfield. "It's about the delicacy of touch and the anticipation. There's no pain involved and no blood. The physical senses become heightened."
Katya Gardner, who plays the dominatrix Vanessa, was impressed with the scope of the production: "It felt like a mini-feature, with the read-throughs, the rehearsals, meeting the dominatrix, learning her tricks and shopping for an outfit," recalls Gardner, who had no previous experience playing a dominatrix. "I felt so sexy and powerful. They dyed my hair black and gave us great manicures."
Shary Guthrie, who plays Mireille, was also tickled by the racy aspect to the script. "I'm not one to even wear high-heels, but I absolutely loved the leather outfit," she enthuses. "But the core of the episode is about the crisis in the relationship. How will the couple incorporate his fetish into their lives? The idea of one partner giving up complete power is mysterious and unknown territory. [Director] Mina [Shum] was brilliant at revealing that tension in a credible way."
Wingfield's challenge was to make Gerald a married man with a kinky streak that would not pre-empt his love for his wife."Toward the end of the shoot, he was prone and blindfolded, face down, on the table," says Guthrie. "He was such a good sport-always joking and keeping it real, but focusing on the seriousness of the predicament. Any married couple can relate to their dilemma and the power politics."
Shum is sympathetic, too, to the couple's predicament: "He wasn't having an affair," insists Shum. "It wasn't an affair. It was like a massage. Mireille could feel threatened, but instead she reclaims the ituation. That's strength."
..Obviously if I had an ounce of html ability I'd post the pic here but instead you'll either have to join my list or wait until someone more html literate manages to post it..
Basically I have details about Peter Wingfield's new episode of Bliss. I already knew it was to have a BDSM flavour but I received the press post about the episode and am now a *very* happy person. The episode is called 'Tying Up Gerald' and I for one can't *wait* to see it.
Needless to say the pictures I am talking about are previews from this episode and they are *so* hot I think my heart stopped when I was looking at them..
..and people wonder why I have an obsession with Methos in bondage *sighs*
sode 6, Season 3
"Tying Up Gerald"
Written by: Katherine Schlemmer
Directed by: Mina Shum
Starring: Shary Guthrie, Katya Gardner and Peter Wingfield
'Mireille comes home one day to find her husband at the mercy of a dominatrix. Can the marriage be salvaged with an erotic solution?'
Mireille, a sophisticated interior designer in her early thirties, returns home unexpectedly early from a business trip to Indonesia to find her husband's clothes scattered around their house. Something's wrong. Her heart sinks. In the master bedroom, Mireille finds Gerald squirming with desire under the hand of a leather-clad dominatrix, Vanessa. This isn't the Gerald she married! Initially Mireille is crushed, but ends up seeking out Vanessa's help to save her marriage.
Mireille finds herself quite willing to enlarge the sexual menu at home, if necessary, and explore exciting new terrain in order to give Gerald what he needs. Surprisingly, Vanessa's tools and toys hold their own intrigue for Mireille. Gerald, however, won't see Mireille as anything but his traditional, loving wife. That's when Mireille and Vanessa join forces to change his mind. They come up with a way of preserving the matrimonial harmony at home while incorporating the unique power dynamics of dominatrix-assisted sex into Mireille's married life. But while Mireille is ready for an extreme solution, is Gerald?
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
"We went to a real dominatrix," recalls executive producer and co- creator Janic Lundman. "We went to her loft in Old Montreal, with an unmarked door. Inside, she had an operating table and tools and a silver wall. It was all very clinical, austere and minimalist. This kind of research is invaluable for authenticity, which is important to us. We wanted everything to ring true so it wouldn't distract from the main story - the couple's quest to create a new, sexual power dynamic."
Using a stunt coordinator and the real dominatrix as a consultant, Lundman and director Mina Shum and the rest of the production team for Bliss - Tying Up Gerald went to great lengths to make this episode titillating, but not caricatured.
"We didn't want it to be too campy," explains Lundman. "And not too over-the-top. They're real people going through real events. The wife, Mireille, realizes that the crisis has brought out something unexpected in her, and we need that revelation to be believable."
Director Mina Shum was fascinated by the character Gerald's double life: "He has a private face and a public face, like everyone else. It's the disconnection between the private and public face that keeps us off balance. I'm always interested in this imbalance... After three years of marriage, it was time for Gerald to incorporate his darker side into his relationship, or the marriage would crumble."
Actor Peter Wingfield, who plays Gerald, agrees, adding: "The guy wants to get caught!" laughs Wingfield, who just wrapped production with Shum on another production, The Shields' Stories - Various Miracles. "Why else have the dominatrix come to their home? He knows his wife could walk in at any moment."
Wingfield also learned a thing or two about the world of sexual
domination while researching his role: "It's not about pain, as you'd imagine," explains Wingfield. "It's about the delicacy of touch and the anticipation. There's no pain involved and no blood. The physical senses become heightened."
Katya Gardner, who plays the dominatrix Vanessa, was impressed with the scope of the production: "It felt like a mini-feature, with the read-throughs, the rehearsals, meeting the dominatrix, learning her tricks and shopping for an outfit," recalls Gardner, who had no previous experience playing a dominatrix. "I felt so sexy and powerful. They dyed my hair black and gave us great manicures."
Shary Guthrie, who plays Mireille, was also tickled by the racy aspect to the script. "I'm not one to even wear high-heels, but I absolutely loved the leather outfit," she enthuses. "But the core of the episode is about the crisis in the relationship. How will the couple incorporate his fetish into their lives? The idea of one partner giving up complete power is mysterious and unknown territory. [Director] Mina [Shum] was brilliant at revealing that tension in a credible way."
Wingfield's challenge was to make Gerald a married man with a kinky streak that would not pre-empt his love for his wife."Toward the end of the shoot, he was prone and blindfolded, face down, on the table," says Guthrie. "He was such a good sport-always joking and keeping it real, but focusing on the seriousness of the predicament. Any married couple can relate to their dilemma and the power politics."
Shum is sympathetic, too, to the couple's predicament: "He wasn't having an affair," insists Shum. "It wasn't an affair. It was like a massage. Mireille could feel threatened, but instead she reclaims the ituation. That's strength."
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::Fondles icon::
And because those pics are just too inspiring... {eg}
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Yeah, I know, even with the best will in the world it might get a little 'technical' and then people will get scared :)
I *love* your icon....no fair!