

You let him put his hands under center, survey the defense, and call audibles based on the look he's getting. To use a sports metaphor, Bean isn't a QB you script the first 15 plays for. And it's not for an experienced pretend sex actor like Sean Bean. Not that one, the other one." That kind of precise direction might have worked for Stanley Kubrick, but it nearly killed some of his stars, like Shelly Duvall. Now I'll need you to reach over and cup Mary Todd's breast. Or telling Daniel Day-Lewis, who famously preferred to say in character at all times being told, "OK, Mr. I mean, imagine asking Brando to make pretend sweet, physical love while someone is standing over them telling him what he's doing may lead to actual arousal, so he has to stop. He doesn't respond to being over-directed when he's in a fake bed with an actress. (My friends and I refer to this as Fenway Park Syndrome.) So who am I to judge anyone who gets self-conscious about being naked with a stranger surrounded by a couple of dozen surly IATSE union members?īut still, can't we cut Sean Bean some slack? Hasn't he earned the benefit of the doubt on this, based on his decades of morally complex characters? The man knows his craft. To the point I sometimes can't produce a stream. After all, I get stage fright standing at the urinal in a crowded stadium men's room. And I'm sure, like he, they can produce Space Mountain-like lines of nerds at ComicCons, waiting for their autographs. Just because he's done more death scenes than they've done scenes doesn't mean they're not talented in their own right. I'm certainly in no position to criticize these actresses who are criticizing Sean Bean. One being his Snowpiercer co-star that has had pretend sex actor-sex with him on camera: 'I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.'įortunately for Bean, there are people coming to his defense. 'It would inhibit me more because it's drawing attention to things – somebody saying, "Do this, put your hand there, while you touch his thing…" Ha, not the thrust, that's the wrong word.

Spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe.' …īean, who has filmed many explicit sex scenes throughout his career, said: 'I should imagine it slows down the thrust of it. She said: 'I was extremely grateful for the one we had on - they showed grace to a newcomer like myself and educated those around me who’ve had years of experience. Hitting back at Bean's remarks, Zegler wrote on Twitter: 'Intimacy co-ordinators establish an environment of safety for actors,' adding that the Sheffield native needed to 'wake up'. Intimacy coaches were largely introduced to protect actresses after the #MeToo campaign and have played a key role in creating sizzling sex scenes for hit dramas including Bridgerton and Normal People. The Game of Thrones star, 63, was criticised by British actress Jameela Jamil and West Side Story's Rachel Zegler, from New Jersey, after making the comments in a recent interview with The Times. While Bean may be disappointed that his filmed sex scenes are no longer improvisational, it allows for anyone working with him to know that parameters have been put in place - and for good reason.īefore you go, click here to see actors who have spoken out about pressure to get naked for a role.Source - Sean Bean has come under fire for saying intimacy co-ordinators 'ruin' Hollywood sex scenes by spoiling the spontaneity and reducing it to 'a technical exercise'. He seems to believe that “the best work you do, where you’re trying to push the boundaries, and the very nature of it is experimental” often “gets censored” by studios or advertisers - and now, the union that is there to protect all artists. SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, adopted standards and protocols in 2020 so that intimacy coordinators were recognized as “an advocate, a liaison between actors and production, and a movement coach and/or choreographer in regards to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes.” And yes, Bean is a member of that union. A post shared by Sean Bean coordinators are a relatively new position in Hollywood, having been introduced in 2018 after countless of performers talked about their sexual harassment situations (including times when they were filming nude scenes).
