Mamamia Podcast: How ‘Intimacy Coordinators’ Are Changing Hollywood’s Sex Scenes

23 Apr 2019 | Press

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How do sex scenes work? Intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien says before she came along a director would often send the actors off on their own to figure out their own boundaries. Now, Ita has created a set of guidelines that she says makes the sex scenes filmed today, even steamier and more realistic.

Today, we learn how to choreograph a sex scene so that every angle, every touch and every emotion is as beautifully rehearsed as any battle. Listen to the podcast with Claire Murphy and Ita O’Brien.

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