‘Touched a nerve’ Matthew Macfadyen on wife Keeley Hawes’ sex scenes with Richard Madden

Succession star Matthew Macfadyen, 47, admitted his relationship with Keeley Hawes, 45, hasn’t always been plain sailing after the pair of actors hit it off whilst filming their MI5 drama Spooks. He went on reveal seeing her film intimate scenes with Game Of Thrones actor Richard Madden, 35, was a “weird” experience.

Matthew and Keeley met on the set of Spooks in 2002 and married two years later in 2004. 

The pair have been married for nearly 20 years and Matthew has spoken about one of the tough moments in their romance.

However Matthew, who plays Tom Wambsgans in HBO’s Succession, recently confessed their relationship hasn’t always been easy in a candid interview.

In light of the passionate sex scenes which occur between Keeley and Richard in Bodyguard, The Times asked Matthew if he ever found it “uncomfortable to see his wife in other men’s arms”. 

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When quizzed about his own relationship, Matthew admitted it was “not easy” to maintain a marriage in an industry that often requires so much intimacy with other people. 

“You can get quite close to the actors you’re working with and all that stuff. It’s odd,” he acknowledged. 

When Matthew and Keeley met, the latter had just got married to Spencer McCallum, with whom she shared her eldest child Myles, 21. 

The pair divorced in 2004 after just two years of marriage, though it has been reported Keeley left Spencer just eight weeks after the wedding.