Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

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Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Ariel Leigh Cohen & Morgan Smith

6 episodes

3 days ago

This one’s… slippery. Ariel and Morgan break down one of the most chaotic “intimacy” scenes in sitcom history: the moment Danny DeVito crawls out of a couch, naked, sweaty, and reborn, at a Christmas party in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. From the logistics of modesty garments to the ethics of public nudity (fictional or otherwise), they dive deep into what happens when comedy, discomfort, and vulnerability collide. They unpack it all: How Danny DeVito pulled off the greasiest birth scen...

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Episodes (6/6)

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Greased Lightning | Breaking Down Danny DeVito’s Couch Scene from "It’s Always Sunny”

1 week ago

35 minutes

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Hot Blooded | Why "Sinners" Proves You Don’t Need Nudity to Turn Up the Heat

For our first-ever BONUS EPISODE, we’re sinking our teeth into something perfectly suited for spooky season: Ryan Coogler’s 2025 gothic horror hit, Sinners. This one has it all: vampires, sensuality, Southern heat, and Michael B. Jordan at his steamiest. Ariel and Morgan break down two pivotal intimacy scenes, one tender, one terrifying, and unpack how Sinners turns eroticism into a matter of survival. We get into it all: Why this film proves that you don’t need nudity to make a scene scorchi...

2 weeks ago

37 minutes

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

She Bites Back | Dissecting the Horror, Humor, and Anatomy of "Teeth"

The bite heard ’round the world. In this episode, Ariel and Morgan take on one of the most infamous (and crazily campy) scenes in horror-comedy history: the gynecologist sequence from Teeth (2007). From questionable medical protocol to perfect camp choreography, they break down what works, what really doesn’t, and why this movie about vagina dentata still manages to make audiences clench 17 years later. They tackle it all: How Teeth flips the horror trope of sexual violence on its head (and b...

3 weeks ago

31 minutes

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

No Lies, Just Bodies | Is This "Lie with Me" Sex Scene Too Real To Be Fake?

Get ready for one of our most asked—and most controversial—questions: Do actors ever actually have sex on camera? In this episode, we're diving deep into the blurred lines between filmmaking and pornography. Ariel surprises Morgan with a deep dive into the notoriously heated and hard-to-find 2005 film, Lie with Me, a movie that famously plays with this very question. We break down the difference between softcore, hardcore, and simulated sex scenes, and ask: does it have to be real to feel rea...

1 month ago

39 minutes

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Room for Error | Breaking Down The Infamous Sex Scene from "The Room"

Ariel & Morgan, two professional intimacy coordinators, pull back the curtain on how intimacy is really made for film and TV. In our very first episode, we kick things off with wild on-set stories (yes, one involves a horse 🐴 - don't worry, it's fake), break down what it really means to choreograph intimacy, and tackle the infamous simulated sex scene from the cult classic, The Room. We give Tommy Wiseau's awkward sequence a beat-by-beat analysis, rate it on our "Spice Scale," and explain...

1 month ago

35 minutes

Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Trailer | Faking It with Ariel and Morgan

Welcome to Faking It, the podcast where two professional intimacy coordinators pull back the curtain on how intimacy is really made for film and TV. This show blends behind-the-scenes secrets with laugh-out-loud commentary. Think: spicy movie moments, absurd Hollywood stories, and real talk about love, sex, and the art of pretending. If you’ve ever wondered how actors “make it look real” (without actually doing it), or just want to cackle through tales of fake sweat, fake kisses, and fake bed...

2 months ago

1 minute