Emma Thompson has joined a chorus of Hollywood voices defending the role of intimacy coordinators on set after Sean Bean questioned whether their presence is ruining the “spontaneity” of sex scenes.
– they showed grace to a newcomer like myself and educated those around me who’ve had years of experience.”star Jameela Jamil also weighed in on the debate, casting doubt on Sean’s assertion that sex scenes should avoid being “technical”.. “It’s like a stunt. Our job as actors is to make it not look technical.
Both actors met with real-life sex workers and attended intimacy workshops as part of the production, which has been hailed for its emphasis on sex positivity, along with a clear-eyed depiction of women’s sexual pleasure. “Nobody’s interested in women’s pleasure,” Thompson said, in previous comments to“Women exhibiting pleasure, performing pleasure, has been seen a lot. But that’s not about women’s pleasure, that’s about other things…men’s mostly.
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