Stefanie Preissner on her first ever sex scene: ‘Imagine on a second date being asked to climb on top of and underneath them – in front of your colleagues’

If I’d known I was going to end up playing Maggie Walsh, I would never, and I genuinely mean never, have given her the only intimacy scene in the entire series. At the writing stage, it seemed like a good idea. A dash of vulnerability, a slice of realism. But sitting here now, having lived through the day itself, I can say with confidence: if my past self had any foresight, she would’ve written Maggie into a library, a convent, or a lifelong vow of celibacy.