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Mirror - 'Sex instructor' brought in to help lesbian love scenes in Suranne Jones drama

9/5/2019

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A “intimacy director” was brought into Suranne Jones’s new drama to mastermind her lesbian love scenes.

In Gentleman Jack, Suranne plays Anne Lister, a 19th century lesbian landowner given her nickname because of her taste for dark, masculine clothes.

The production’s intimacy director Ita O’Brien, who has worked on a wide range of TV and theatre shows, says she consulted a lesbian handbook compiled from Lister’s coded diaries to ensure the sex was always authentic.

She said: “I was looking at several books and I got hold of the lesbian handbook again to make sure I’m look­­ing at the focus and equality of queer relationships.”

Ms O’Brien said one of the challenges was helping the actresses playing Lister’s lovers to feel valued, when they sometimes had no lines “other than sexual noises”.

She said: “We have to make that person feel really important because she’s an integral part of the drama – so it wasn’t just an empty moment of full-on orgasm.”

Producer Faith Penhale said hiring O’Brien was a positive reaction to the #MeToo movement.

She said: “A huge part of Anne Lister’s life was her sex life. She was very sexually active and loved having sex with other women. You have to think about how you take care of the people who are going to play that.”

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The Mirror - Suranne Jones hires sex guru to teach her how to act out lesbian love scenes

1/5/2019

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Suranne Jones has revealed a sex guru helped her overcome her nerves at filming lesbian romps for her new drama, Gentleman Jack.
The Doctor Foster actress, 40, said show writer Sally Wainwright hired ­intimacy co-ordinator Ita O’Brien to give advice on how to behave convincingly.
She said: “I was quite nervous about the sex scenes we had to do, because I thought they should be approached as sensitively as they could be.
“One of the great things she brought was an articulacy – we could talk about the scenes.
"She just started talking about body parts and positions in a matter of fact way, which just liberated us all.
“As well as helping us sculpt the sex scenes, the positions, she’s also there to provide support to the artists.”
O’Brien advises that sex scenes are carefully worked out in advance, saying: “Fight scenes in films are carefully ­choreographed and rehearsed. Sex scenes should be the same.”

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