Actresses Speak Up After ‘GOT’ Star Sean Bean Decries Intimacy Coordinators On Set
deadline.comSean Bean, who played Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, told the Times of London Sunday Magazine that he is not a fan of intimacy coordinators because he fears they would “spoil the spontaneity” of intimate scenes. “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise,” he said. “It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things.”Shortly after Bean’s words began to circulate online several prominent actresses, including his Snowpiercer co-star Lena Hall, offered a very different perspective.West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler — who has noted in the past that she was 17 when she shot love scenes with her then-25-year-old co-star Ansel Elgort for that film — tweeted: “intimacy coordinators establish an environment of safety for actors.
i was extremely grateful for the one we had on WSS— they showed grace to a newcomer like myself + educated those around me who’ve had years of experience.”Responding directly to Bean’s assertion she wrote, “spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe.
wake up.”intimacy coordinators establish an environment of safety for actors. i was extremely grateful for the one we had on WSS— they showed grace to a newcomer like myself + educated those around me who’ve had years of experience.spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe.
wake up. https://t.co/bpxT2DVU1R— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) August 8, 2022Jameela Jamil, who plays the villain in Marvel’s upcoming She-Hulk, replied directly to Bean’s “technical exercise” assertion writing, “It should only be technical.
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