Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) considers coordination of intimacy unnecessary, the actresses respond to him

Sean Bean certainly didn’t expect such a fuss.

In an interview with Timesthe English actor who shone The Lord of the Ringsx in the early 2000s before becoming Ned Stark for a season in game of Thronesshe said what she thinks of the intimacy coordinators (the people on set responsible for ensuring the smooth running of intimate scenes) :

“It would inhibit me even more because it would draw attention to the details. Someone says “do this, put your hand there, while you touch it here…”. “

A useless post according to him: “I think the natural way of behaving lovers would be ruined by someone who reduced it to a technical exercise. ”

A somewhat caricatured view of this feature on shooting that many actresses or directors today deem it necessarylike Michaela Coel, who thanked her who had worked on her series I can destroy you during the BAFTA ceremony.

Re-launched by the reporter who reminded him that privacy coordinators are a consequence of the revelations relating to MeTooSean Bean hasn’t dismounted, talking about his experience with Lena Hall on the set of snowdropadding it “in the end it depends on the actress” : “She had experience in cabaret, so she was ready to do anything. “

Do you assume the consent of his profession? For real ? The actress in question is ready to come forward on Twitter to set the record straight :

“The fact that I do the stage (and not the cabaret, even if I perform there from time to time) doesn’t mean that I’m ready to do everything. It depends on the other actor, on the scene we will do, on the director, if the team has to be present to shoot.

Sean is an amazing actor who put me at ease, but he was also a real playmate in those weird scenes. It was us against the world and that was the story we were going to tell.

If I feel comfortable with my playmate and the people in the room, I don’t need an intimacy coordinator. BUT if ever I have the slightest weird and gross feeling of being too exposed … I’ll ask if the scene is necessary or ask for an intimacy coordinator. “

When Rachel Zegler and Jameela Jamil answer Sean Bean

Rachel Zegler, revealed by the remake of History of the west sidehas come forward to remind us that, on the contrary, having an on-set intimacy coordinator is a blessing.

“Intimacy coordinators create a safe environment for the actors. I was extremely grateful to the person we had in West Side Story: being patient with a beginner like me + educating those around me who have years of experience.

The spontaneity of intimate scenes can be dangerous. Wake up. “

Answering Sean Bean is perhaps all the more helpful when we know he’s exactly inside game of Thrones that the lack of intimacy coordinators was felt, as told by several actresses, including Gemma Whelan. Because counting on the benevolence of your partner is not enough.

Actress Jameela Jamil also stepped forward:

“It shouldn’t be just technical. It is like a waterfall. Our job as actors is to make it non-technical. Nobody wants to be groped out of the blue … “

Seeing the actresses who do not let these kinds of remarks pass and express themselves on the subject shows that the lines are moving and that they are now demanding that their integrity and working conditions be respected.

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