Nicholson's threesome

Film

13:30 20 September 2006

Jack Nicholson convinced legendary director Martin Scorsese to include a three-in-a-bed sex session in their new movie.

Nicholson, famous for his womanising ways, plays Mafia boss Frank Costello in 'The Departed' and was insistent the movie included details of the maniacal character's sex life.

And the 'As Good As It Gets' star was very specific as to how explicit the sequence should be.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I thought it would be more frightening if my character had a sexual component, so I called Martin up and said, 'Look, I just thought of what would be an interesting scene for my character - him having wild sex'.

"This was my idea and it was improvisational, and Marty went for it."

Nicholson recently revealed that he almost turned down a part in the movie because it did not have enough sex in it.

He said: "These kind of monsters usually don't have a sex life on screen, so I wanted to bring that to the part. He's a bad nut job so he's evil sexually too. F**k 'em, kill 'em, you know."

In the film, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, Nicholson plays the head of a Mafia gang infiltrated by an undercover police officer, while a Mob member simultaneously poses as a cop in the special investigation unit of the Boston police force.

(C) BANG Media International