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Independent: Ruth Wilson: ‘Sexuality is part of human nature. We have to put it on screen’

12/3/2022

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By Sarah Crompton

​“In True Things each sex scene depicts the journey of the relationship. Sexuality is part of human nature. We have to put it on screen so it’s not about taking it out. It’s about making it really specific and honest.”

On the film, Wilson called in the intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien and they choreographed the encounters in advance. “If people are able to have conversations and talk about the intent, and where their boundaries are and what the director wants, it’s a really great thing. It’s not just two actors getting on with it.

“Invariably, doing that you feel uncomfortable. At best its awkward, at worst it can become quite exploitative and you’re not getting it right anyway. Weirdly, by talking about it, by choreographing it, you can probably get scenes that are safer for the actors, but also more explicit and interesting, natural, real, honest portrayals of sex.”

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Opentapes: All the Old Knives: Thandiwe Newton nervous about sex scene with Chris Pine

11/3/2022

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While previewing the film at Beverly Hill’s The London West Hollywood, Thandiwe Newton confessed to ET’s microphones that she felt a little embarrassed during the love scene she had to shoot with Chris Pine for All the Old Knives:

“We had a really intense scene right in the middle of the movie, it was really important and required to be naked. I had just glimpsed Chris and I thought ‘Oh no, no, no'”

The actress, however, explained how Chris Pine is kind and thoughtful and, in the end, put her at ease:

“But it’s such a treasure. And the intimacy was handled so beautifully, it was handled well because we had an intimacy coordinator. So everyone knew what was going on.”

Thandiwe Newton explained that the roles of intimacy coordinators have become very important for productions, especially those that include scenes involving nudity and physical intimacy:

“That’s why we have the co-ordinator of intimacy. Everyone agrees to every detail of what’s happening. Everyone agrees … and then we go to work.”

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Harpers Bazaar: Ruth Wilson: “It’s not about taking sex off the screens, it’s about showing it in a more truthful and respectful way”

11/3/2022

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BY BROOKE THEIS

Her latest project, True Things, is the first film Wilson has both co-produced and starred in. Adapted from the novel by Deborah Kay Davies, the psychological drama is set in modern-day Ramsgate, and follows a benefits officer whose life becomes entwined with that of an ex-convict through mutual infatuation. She explained that it was important for her to employ an intimacy coach, Ita O’Brien, when filming, to help work through the sex scenes. “For so many years in TV and film there was the sense that if you were an actress, you’d just get naked, that’s what you do, and that wasn’t brought into question much,” she said. “Women and young girls weren’t being asked if they were comfortable or not – and very often they weren’t. And they were being encouraged, and sometimes coerced, into being in those vulnerable positions.

“It’s not about taking sex off the screens, it’s about showing it in a more truthful and respectful way,” she added. “Having intimacy coaches means that you can talk about your boundaries, or what you feel uncomfortable about, and you can actually get much better sex scenes as a result.”

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Variety: Chris Pine Talks Working With an Intimacy Coordinator on ‘All the Old Knives’ and Waiting to See a ‘Star Trek 4’ Script

10/3/2022

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By Marc Malkin

Janus told me it was the first time you ever worked with an intimacy coordinator.

I had never done that before. You’re doing a sex scene in a bedroom and you have this older woman that’s watching and giving your notes on how to do the sex scene and I’m thinking, “Who is this person telling me how to have sex?” [Laughs.] But it was wonderful. She was lovely. It just takes the pressure off. There’s just no discomfort, because you have someone like a referee making sure it’s all above board and everyone is comfortable. She’s also like a choreographer making sure it all translates well on screen like, “Move your neck” or “Arch your back more.”

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