From extremely awkward sex scenes to addictive 10-minute episodes that have left fans accosting the stars in the street, Cheaters is a romcom like no other. As season two looms, the cast talk about nudity, orgasm faces and Prince Harry
It was the vase moment that did it. The first series of short-form romcom Cheaters truly took off when undersexed Zack, played by Jack Fox, overheard his wife in bed with another man. Surprised to find himself becoming aroused, he began pleasuring himself outside the door and grabbed a nearby vase at the climactic moment. “I was masturbating to the nation,” says Fox today. “I just remember our director telling me: ‘Longer strokes! I need to see the elbow move!’ Not a note I’d ever had before.”
“Seeing that scene pop up on Gogglebox was the greatest moment of our lives,” laughs co-star Callie Cooke. “Shirley from Caerphilly went: ‘He’s spunking into a vase!’ Marcus told Mica: ‘Put this in the planner now!’ It was fantastic for our ratings.”
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