RTE: Paul Mescal on Normal People: “I am very proud of what we have done”
By Donal O’Donoghue
The show also used the same intimacy co-ordinator, Ita O’Brien, as Sex Education when filming the scenes between Marianne and Connell. “I was worried about using the co-ordinator initially, thinking that it might get between me and the actors, but in fact we found it quite liberating and empowering,” says Abrahamson. “And I also had the certainty that the actors were comfortable with what we were doing.”