Michael Caine Doesn’t Understand the Need for Intimacy Coordinators: ‘In My Day, You Just Did the Love Scene and Got on With It’
variety.comMichaela Zee Michael Caine questioned the purpose of intimacy coordinators in a recent interview with the Daily Mail. “Really?
Seriously? What are they? We never had that in my day,” he said. “Thank God I’m 90 and don’t play lovers anymore is all I can say.” An intimacy coordinator for film and TV specializes in choreographing and coordinating simulated sex, nudity and other intimate scenes between actors and production. “In my day, you just did the love scene and got on with it without anyone interfering.
It’s all changed,” Caine continued. The veteran actor also shared his thoughts on political correctness, telling the Daily Mail, “It’s dull.
Not being able to speak your mind and not being able to call anyone ‘darling.’” He added, “It’s hard. I like to learn from friends who are younger than me.” Caine stars in the upcoming British-French drama “The Great Escaper” as real-life World War II veteran Bernard “Bernie” Jordan.
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