The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs.

Beals plays a biracial woman passing for white. After Jennifer Beals filmed Flashdance Beals resumed her studies making only one film during that time: playing the titular character The Bride with singer-actor Sting a gothic horror film loosely based on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein shot during her summer break. S.

Jennifer Beals (born December 19 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She has appeared in more than 50 films.