BBC World Service: The Conversation
Two women challenging the way actors and directors approach intimate scenes on camera
Whether it’s a stroke of a cheek or a sex scene, filming intimate content for movies and TV is a delicate business. When badly handled, it can even cause the actors harm. Kim Chakanetsa talks to Indian movie director Alankrita Shrivastava and Ita O’Brien, a pioneering intimacy coordinator about ensuring actors feel safe on set while filming simulated sex scenes. Also: has the #MeToo movement fuelled a demand for better boundaries, and how is the industry responding?