Sean Bean criticised by Hollywood actresses for comments about intimacy coordinators
Sean Bean has received criticism from Hollywood actresses for his recent comments about intimacy coordinators.In an interview with The Times, the Game Of Thrones and Snowpiercer star suggested that these specialists, who have become common place on film and TV sets since the rise of the #MeToo movement, would “spoil the spontaneity” of sex scenes.“It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things,” said Bean of having an intimacy coordinator in the room. “Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing…”He added: “I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.”Bean also said of his Snowpiercer cost-star Lena Hall, with whom he filmed an unaired sex scene: “This one had a musical cabaret background, so she was up for anything.”Hall was one of the first actresses to respond to Bean’s comments, writing in a tweet: “Just because I am in theatre (not cabaret, but I do perform them every once in a while) does not mean that I am up for anything.