Blake Lively's awkward sex scenes

Jan 12, 2010, 10:19 GMT

Blake Lively hates shooting sex scenes.

The 'Gossip Girl' star has to get intimate in her new movie 'The Town' - in which she plays the ex-girlfriend of a gang leader who is trying to turn his back on a life of crime - and admits she was out of her comfort zone when filming it.

She said: "I have a sex scene in this film and that's never comfortable. You think, 'Oh, this is going to be so awkward.' But this scene isn't supposed to be a steamy one - it's sort of tragic. I'm pretty much crying in it."

The 22-year-old beauty also revealed how she relies on her "gut" instinct when she chooses her roles because otherwise people would be able to convince her to do what they want.

She told America's Esquire magazine: "I surround myself with people I trust, but ultimately it's my gut. That's what I trust. Because I could be swayed any which way - I'm not saying I'm a person who can be swayed easily, but one can be swayed any which way. People will talk to me and something that I'm against at first will then seem like a good idea, but I always end up saying no to that thing."