Netflix's The Searching Wives is pushing boundaries with its steamy intercourse scenes.
Based mostly on Might Cobb‘s novel of the identical identify, The Searching Wives follows a lady named Sophie (Brittany Snow) who strikes from Boston to an East Texas city the place she finds herself drawn to outstanding socialite Margo (Malin Åkerman). Along with being a homicide thriller, The Searching Wives received viewers over with plenty of ingesting and intense chemistry between Sophie and Margo.
Earlier than it premiered, the present was slated to air on Starz, however Netflix finally received unique licensing rights within the U.S. for one yr after Lionsgate Tv acquired the rights again from Starz. Netflix confirmed in September 2025 that the present can be returning for a second season and can be launched “solely as a Netflix branded sequence in almost all international locations Netflix is out there, with the unique solid set to reprise their roles.”
“I'm so excited to jot down these superb characters once more, and I can't wait to take the viewers on one other attractive, twisted, bats*** loopy trip by way of Maple Brook,” showrunner Rebecca Cutter stated in an announcement on the time.
Åkerman beforehand spoke solely to Us Weekly in regards to the present's edgy story traces — together with the writers getting older up her onscreen love curiosity so he'd be over 18.
“The controversy is what appealed to me. [But] the boy that [my character] has moments with is eighteen. He's presupposed to be of age in order that we don't cross into that border,” she shared in July 2025. “That [underage] component wasn't thrown in there. That may be a extremely totally different dialog. So he's of age — technically — however he's very younger. He's simply of age. He additionally occurs to be her finest good friend's son.”
Åkerman continued: “That — for me — is extra of the controversy. However I'm not attempting to inform a narrative by way of Margo the place I hope individuals aspire to develop into her in any respect. As we proceed to look at, you may change your thoughts on how you're feeling about her. However I like all of these items and something that's plot-driven and that strikes the plot ahead, I'm completely satisfied to discover even it's gratuitous.”
Hold scrolling for the solid's most candid quotes about stripping down for the present:
Creating Her Character
“[My character] good points energy by way of many various methods. A part of her manipulation is intercourse, it's sexual and it's how lots of people function on this world and with the intention to achieve management. So when you've got that energy — and he or she's very conscious of it — she is aware of use it and he or she does,” Åkerman advised Us when the present debuted. “So I like that about her. That's what turns into controversial and enjoyable and salacious and saucy, and that's why we wish to watch her.”
Feeling Secure
Åkerman beforehand spoke about feeling supported by the solid and crew.
“Each director was a lady, and the lady who directed mine and Brittany's first intimate scene is Melanie Mayron, and he or she is herself a lesbian,” she stated whereas on a September 2025 episode of Sophia Bush‘s “Work in Progress” podcast. “And so she's like, ‘I would like this to be stunning and what we expect is attractive and what we deem as attractive, and now have that nuance of the tenderness and the love and the thrill behind it.' So, that was actually stunning to simply have that dialogue.”
Having Discussions Off Display
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Whereas talking on the She Sees Me: The Energy of Feminine Friendship (In Life and Artwork) panel in October 2025, Åkerman recalled how she and Snow ready for his or her first racy scene.
“Earlier than our very first intimate scene collectively, there [were] a number of nerves, and we're so used to dissecting our personal our bodies and searching within the mirror and discovering all of the issues that have been fallacious with our our bodies, and it's horrible,” she stated. “And we noticed it in one another firsthand as we have been like, ‘Oh, my God.'”
Åkerman known as the dialog an exquisite “cheerleading second,” including, “I simply went, ‘Britt, you already know what? We're f***ing stunning. We've labored exhausting for these our bodies. We've labored exhausting our complete lives, and also you're an exquisite f***ing individual and let's not do that. Let's simply go on the market and have a good time — as a lot as you possibly can with all these cameramen. It's a bizarre time, however let's simply be in it collectively and let's help one another proper now and let's simply really feel nice about ourselves and let's simply, I have a look at you and also you're stunning, and let's have fun our our bodies proper now.'”
She continued: “It's been so vital to have these relationships work due to the intimacy of the relationships on display. I hope and I feel that it shines by way of that there's this baseline, there's this help group between each take and everybody simply desires everybody to win.”
Supporting Every Different
Throughout an October 2025 episode of the “Not Skinny However Not Fats” podcast, Snow in contrast filming NSFW moments with a feminine costar vs. a male counterpart, saying, “There have been so many mints on that set — to the purpose the place each of us received sick. As girls, you might be so conscious of one another. With guys, generally they don't care [and] there's no mint of their mouth.”
Snow praised Åkerman for being conscious whereas filming their scenes.
“However with Malin and I, we have been continuously like, ‘Are you OK? Can I put my hand right here?' It was simply so good and so totally different,” she famous. “We ate too many mints. I had a whole tub. It was people-pleasing too. And he or she was like, ‘Woman, I don't care.'”
Snow recalled a selected second the place Åkerman seemed out for her. “One thing actually nice about Malin too is she's actually, actually attuned to what I used to be pondering or what others have been pondering when it comes to comfortability,” she added. “So she was at all times very conscious — [since] she's Swedish — that she's extra open with nudity. She continues to be a lady and desires to look good and isn't simply strolling round bare. However I used to be extra conscientious about it. She would go like, ‘Would you like me to place my physique right here so that you don't have to indicate this a part of your self?' I used to be like, ‘That is so selfless and good.'”
She concluded: “It is extremely sadly uncommon to see girls [having sex on screen at 40]. There's a stigma in Hollywood that after you attain 40, you might be not seen as a sexual being, which is totally false. I like that our present introduced new gentle to that. You don't cease having intercourse if you find yourself 40.”
