9 d. ago TV boss slams Gwyneth Paltrow’s intimacy coordinator remarks as ‘irresponsible’

Former Channel 4 drama head Caroline Hollick said intimacy coordinators ‘empower’ actors

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1 week ago #YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A

The film star is among those undermining a role that was created out of the #MeToo movement to protect the powerlessHow instructive to hear Gwyneth Paltrow’s views on intimacy coordinators, the people hired to supervise intimate scenes in film and television. Talking to Vanity Fair magazine about her big screen comeback, in Josh Safdie’s ping pong film, Marty Supreme, the actor, 52, joked of her sex scenes with 29-year-old Timothée Chalamet: “I was like, ‘I’m 109 years old. You’re 14’.”Paltrow also said: “There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator (IC), which I did not know existed.” When the IC spoke to her: “I’m like, ‘Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on’ We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back’.” She added: “I don’t know how it is for the kids who are starting out, but if someone is like ‘OK, then he puts his hand here’ I would feel as an artist very stifled by that.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Voices: Gwyneth Paltrow has betrayed all other actresses with her rubbishing of intimacy coordinators

On her latest movie, the Hollywood actress openly rejected any help filming the many sex scenes she has with Timothée Chalamet. Of all people, says Olivia Petter, the #MeToo campaigner should want to protect her colleagues, not leave them vulnerable

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2 w. ago ‘I’d feel stifled by that’: Gwyneth Paltrow told intimacy coordinator to ‘step back’ on new film with Timothée Chalamet

The actor, who shares a number of sex scenes with co-star Chalamet in new film Marty Supreme, said ‘I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on’Gwyneth Paltrow has said she felt uncomfortable about the presence of an intimacy coordinator on the set of her new film, in which she shares a number of sex scenes with co-star Timothée Chalamet.Speaking to Vanity Fair, Paltrow, 52, said that working on Marty Supreme, which is her first leading role in a film since 2010, was her first experience of the relatively new profession, introduced after the #MeToo movement to try to help protect actors on set after multiple instances of abuse were exposed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gwyneth Paltrow refused intimacy coordinator despite having ‘a lot of sex’ with Timothée Chalamet in new movie

The actor is in a new Josh Safdie movie about table tennis star Marty Reisman

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2 w. ago Gwyneth Paltrow slights Blake Lively over 'intimacy coordinators' amid her bitter legal battle with Justin Baldoni

Gwyneth Paltrow does not agree with Blake Lively 's belief that it is 'critical to have an intimacy coordinator' on set.

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