Catherine The Great steamy sex scene sees Helen Mirren’s young lover strip off and flash his bum in epic Sky Atlantic show
HELEN Mirren enjoys a steamy sex romp with a much younger man in her new TV show, Catherine The Great.
The third episode of the big budget Sky Atlantic period drama sees 74-year old Helen's regal character slip between the sheets with a toyboy.
The hunky chap then bares all as he flashes both his bum and his privates in scenes that are sure to heat up screens.
The Academy Award winning actress plays the title character, a Russian Empress who ruled from from 1762 until 1796 - the country's longest-ruling female leader of all time.
The four-part series - which began on telly last night but is available to stream in its entirety on Now TV - focuses on the later part of Catherine's life.
During this time, she had several affairs with various men following the death of her husband.
One of these men was Alexander Mamanov, played by actor Andrew Rothney, who is seen in bed with the lusty monarch in these red-hot scenes.
Catherine The Great was dogged with many scandals during her life about her sexual conquests, including a completely false rumour that she died trying to have sex with a horse.
Helen has blasted this chatter as "appalling" sexism and misogyny.
Helen said: “It’s appalling, the way history treats successful, powerful women. It has to pull them down. Her unbelievable achievements were very successful, obfuscated by history.
“I have feminist friends who say, ‘Oh, what are you going to do about the horse?’, which of course is a complete lie, a classic way of belittling her. She was in fact a serial monogamist.”
That said, Helen has admitted she was found it tough to get her head around Catherine's sexual freedom when she was preparing for the role.
She told : "We’re still as a society coming out of that so we still have certain inbuilt attitudes.
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"I have them even though I think of myself as a liberated woman – I couldn’t get my head around her sexual liberation.
"I thought, 'You just have to think like a man because men don’t have any problem with this.' So obviously it can be human quality if you like, just think like a bloke."
Alongside Helen, the lavish miniseries- which is a co-production with US TV giant HBO - boasts an impressive supporting cast, including Rory Kinnear and Gina McKee.
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