Ewan McGregor: Why intimacy coordinators were necessary for sex scene with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead
nypost.comintimacy coordinators are a necessity on set — especially when he’s acting alongside his wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.The Scottish actor, 52, and the “Birds of Prey” actress, 39, star in the upcoming miniseries “A Gentleman in Moscow” together.
McGregor recently got candid with the Radio Times about working with his spouse, whom he married in 2022, and why it felt slightly uncomfortable to shoot sex scenes with her in front of the film crew.“We did have an intimacy coordinator,” the “Star Wars” alum said. “It’s still necessary, because it’s also about the crew, and it’s odd to be naked in front of people, it’s odd to be intimate in front of the camera.” “If you were doing a dance scene, you’d have a choreographer.
It’s an important part of the work now, because it’s somebody that the director and actors meet in the middle,” he continued.He then explained how other younger actors — like his daughter Esther — could have felt coerced by filmmakers to film a shot that they weren’t comfortable with.
Thus, intimacy coordinators are important on movie sets to ensure that everyone is comfortable with the action.McGregor went on: “My daughter is 22.
Read more on nypost.com