Sean Bean doesn’t like how sex scenes are shot now. The “Game of Thrones” actor believes that the co-ordinator of intimacy, a figure in charge of choreographing and controlling the sexual scenes on the sets, “will spoil the spontaneity” of the moment in the shoot and also complains about the censorship suffered by these sequences. He said all of this in an interview for The Sunday Times and in reference to these supervisors who started hiring in 2018 as a result of the #MeToo movement.
“I think the natural way of behaving lovers would be ruined if someone reduced it to a technical exercise”says Bean, adding: “Someone who says, ‘Do this, put your hands there while you touch their thing.'” The actor cites the 1993 filming of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” as a good example, where he shared a relationship with Joely Richardson. He remembers this experience as “a joy”because it was a time he thought he was allowed to be “spontaneous”: “We knew what we were doing was unusual. Since she was married, I was married, but we were following the story. We were trying to portray the truth of what DH Lawrence wrote.”To add
But there is another thing that annoys Sean Bean: censoring the work they do they let him do it. Apparently the actor feels that his sex scenes with Lena Hall and a mango in “Snowpiercer” have been ruined after going through the editing room scissors: “Often the best work you do, where you are trying to push boundaries and when nature itself is experimental, it gets censored when TV companies or advertisers say it’s too much. It’s a beautiful scene, quite surreal, abstract like a dream “. When the interviewer pointed out that intimacy coordinators were created to make women feel safe in their work in front of the camera, Bean replied that it would be up to the actress and that in Hall’s case. “She has a background in musical cabaret, so she’s ready for anything.”
The actresses respond
After these statements, some colleagues responded through their social networks. Hall himself, who cites, on Twitter offered a very different perspective on the matter, with a fairly long thread in which he points out that, first and foremost, in that mango scene they weren’t completely naked and that he had nothing to see doing theater. , not cabaret, with being “ready for everything”. She also ensures that she considers her co-star a great actor who made her feel safe, just like the rest of the team, which is why, in that case, she didn’t need an intimacy coordinator, but she defends. that exist for other situations: “I think when an actor / actress has to shoot a scene that is extremely emotional (like a suicide or a rape), there has to be a person with mental health available to talk to after the shoot. Even if we’re just shooting, we experience a trauma. I think intimacy coordinators are a nice addition to sets and I think they can help with the traumatic experience of other scenes. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don’t, but every person, scene and experience is different. ”
6. I feel that the intimacy coordinators are a welcome addition to the set and I think they could also help with the trauma experienced in other scenes. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don’t, but every single person, scene and experience is different.
? Lena Hall (@LenaRockerHall) 8 August 2022
They also replied to Bean Rachel Zegler from “West Side Story” is the new Snow White, and Jameela Jamil, who we will see soon in “She-Hulk: Lawyer Hulka”.
intimacy coordinators establish a safe environment for the actors. was I extremely grateful for what we had on WSS? they have shown grace to a newcomer like me + they have educated those around me who have had years of experience.
spontaneity in intimate scenes can be dangerous. wake up. https://t.co/bpxT2DVU1R
? rachel zegler (she / she) (@rachelzegler) 8 August 2022
“The intimacy coordinators create a safe environment for the cast. I am extremely grateful for what we have had at WSS – it has been helpful for a newcomer like me and has also educated those around me who have years of experience. The spontaneity. in intimate scenes it can be dangerous. Wake up “. Zegler was 17 and it was his first film when he shot the love scenes for “West Side Story” with his co-star, Ansel Elgort, who was then 25.
It should only be technical. It’s like a stunt. Our job as actors is not to make it look technical. Nobody wants an impromptu grope …
? Jameela Jamil? (@jameelajamil) 8 August 2022
“It should only be technical. It’s like shooting an action scene. Our job as actors is to make it look non-technical. Nobody wants to try improvised …”
While not directly related to Bean’s words, it’s worth noting that some actors, including Matt Smith, they began to question the need for some productions to contain so many and explicit sex scenes. In his case, in ‘House of the Dragon’, the former Doctor Who thinks he has too many and even asked the team if it was really essential that the story included them.
Source: E Cartelera
