Gillian Anderson gets "tongue-tied" talking about sex.
Gillian Anderson
The star of new Netflix comedy drama 'Sex Education' admitted despite the show's racy subject matter, she doesn't have the same confidence as her character.
She told RadioTimes.com: "It's weird because I think a lot of parents think they'd be able to handle the birds and the bees conversation and that they will be able to normalise it and make it cool in some way, but it's hard.
"When you're actually face to face with it, it's really easy to either skirt it entirely or become tongue-tied."
The 50-year-old star - who plays sex therapist Jean Thompson in the show, which debuts on the streaming platform tomorrow (11.01.19) - added she chose her moment when it came to having "the talk" with her eldest child.
She added: "I haven't really had the talk with my two young boys [aged 10 and 12] yet.
"I do remember having a talk with my daughter [24] but it was more of a long drive discussing all the horror things that could happen if she didn't use protection. I strategically had that conversation in the car!"
Meanwhile, Gillian recently revealed the show's frank nature has already made an impact by giving information to people who may not have access to it already.
She explained: "When we were doing international press, there were three different Polish journalists who basically told us that there is no sex education in Poland, and so therefore this show and our work was their sex education, and that it was our responsibility to educate."
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