The thing that’s rough about reading this is that you can tell how right he thinks he is — he’s gotten this far in a decorated career taking it for granted that nobody can tell an actor where to touch someone in a a love scene.https://twitter.com/THR/status/1522334403451621377 …
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Because where else would an actor say it’s not reasonable to block a scene? To say “slap him on the back” or “don’t slap him on the back”? These scenes do not especially rely on spontaneity.
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But as I said, the very attitude on display in that piece is so indicative of how hard these things are to change and how important developments like intimacy coordinators are. The person in that job introduces authority, and doesn’t put the responsibility on the other actor.
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When you make this someone’s job, you respect the professionalism of this kind of work. You’re not wrecking it, you’re elevating it to the same respect you give stunt work or lighting. /fin
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