Actress who stars as sex addict took parents to see film

The actress who plays the lead role of a sex addict in controversial new film Nymphomaniac, featuring real sex scenes, has revealed she took her parents along to a screening.

Stacy Martin, a 22-year-old former model who makes her acting debut in the role of Joe in Lars Von Trier’s new film, said she sat with them to help put them at ease.

Martin stars with Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater and Jamie Bell in the Danish director’s four-hour epic — which has been divided into two parts for cinematic release — although porn actor body doubles are used for scenes featuring real sex.