Actress had a sex scene with her cousin

On November 15th, Vulture (owned by New York magazine) had an article about Mira Sorvino and her cousin Rick Pasqualone:

“He and I did a short film together. It was my first short film, called The Dutch Master,” Sorvino recalled with a laugh. “It got nominated for an Oscar. We actually played fiancés and we had a sex scene, which was very weird, as he’s my cousin. He’s a very nice guy. A handsome guy.”

I was unable to confirm if Mira and Rick are first cousins.  I could not find the parents of Rick Pasqualone, but a New York Times article about his marriage to Denise Fennell states that his family is from Abruzzo, an Italian region east of Rome.  Mira's paternal grandmother was from Molise which split off from Abruzzo in 1963.