Malin Akerman on steamy Brittany Snow 'Hunting Wives' scenes: video
Malin Akerman stars in the Netflix show 'The Hunting Wives' (now streaming), which is based on the 2021 novel and follows Sophie (Brittany Snow), who moves with her husband (Evan Jonigkeit) from Massachusetts to Texas.
While feeling like a fish out of water, she ends up in a complicated relationship with Margo Banks (Akerman), the wife of her husband's boss, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), who is considering running for the Governor of Texas. Margo is the leader of the local clique of socialites and moms.
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'I love roles like this. Women who are just big and free and wild,' Akerman, 47, exclusively told The Post.
9 Malin Akerman and Dermot Mulroney in 'The Hunting Wives.'
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9 Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow in 'The Hunting Wives.'
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9 Malin Akerman in her video interview with the New York Post.
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The '27 Dresses' star added, 'This show is saucy and fun, and I love veering away from who I am in real life, which is a people pleaser, and stepping into something that's a bit more queen bee, leader of the pack. It was amazing.'
Margo and Jed have an open relationship, allowing Margo to have flings with inappropriately younger guys such as high school aged Brad (George Ferrier) and also women like her friend Callie (Jaime Ray Newman). Plus, she sets her sights on Sophie.
As Sophie becomes tied into Margot's group of hard-partying friends – fellow moms and housewives who also like to shoot guns – there's also a dash of murder.
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9 Jaime Ray Newman, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, and Katie Lowes in 'The Hunting Wives.'
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Regarding the steamy scenes in the show, Akerman said, 'I've done it in the past and I just think that when it moves the plot forward, I'm all for it. I'm not for gratuitous scenes, and I think that this is necessary to Margo's character.'
The 'Watchmen' actress noted that the cast had a 'wonderful intimacy coordinator' to collaborate with.
'So before you even get to set, we're rehearsing the scenes. We're talking about what we're comfortable with, what we are not comfortable with so that when we get to set, we're ready to go and we know there are no surprises,' she explained. 'It's very technical. But when it's on your TV screens, hopefully it feels very sexy and exciting.'
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9 Joyce Glenn, Katie Lowes, Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Jamie Ray Newman, and Alexandria DiBerry in 'The Hunting Wives.'
For the moments when things heat up between Margo and Sophie, Akerman said the atmosphere behind the scenes was 'playful.'
'Brittany and I get along so well. She's such a lovely human. We would be sitting there kind of giggling like school girls, like, 'Oh my God, this is so crazy. What a job we have!''
'I'm so glad it was with her, and we felt so comfortable with each other,' the 'Couples Retreat' star added. 'We'd become really good friends – and how lucky that we did end up getting along. Because sometimes you have to do scenes with people you're not as bonded with. So, of course there's some hesitation, but we always felt really well taken care of.'
9 Malin Akerman at An Unforgettable Evening at The Beverly Hilton on April 28, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
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9 Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.'
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She added: 'And it was such a respectful set. We knew what we were doing with this intimacy coordinator who had our backs along with everyone else in the crew.'
Akerman explained that Margo and Sophie's relationship is 'complicated.'
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'They need each other in different ways. And I think that they both have an idea of what they think they want in the beginning, but what it ends up becoming is something very different,' she told The Post.
9 Malin Akerman at the Anine Bing Cocktail Party held at Chateau Marmont in LA on May 13, 2025.
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9 Katie Lowes, Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in 'The Hunting Wives.'
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'[Margo likes that Sophie is] smart and she's interesting and very different from the women that she's hanging out with. It's like a shiny toy for her that she wants to play with,' she said. 'She doesn't really know what she's getting herself into, but is always willing to go there and feels confident enough to dive into this relationship. So it starts in one place and then it ends up some place different that any of these women would have guessed.'
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Akerman is also known for her roles in 'Rock of Ages,' 'Watchmen' and 2008's '27 Dresses,' co-starring James Marsden and Katherine Heigl.
'We've had dreams about [a sequel],' she said of the romantic comedy. 'We've all dreamt big, but I still haven't any rumors about that. I would love that. '28 Dresses' would be lovely.'
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