Exclusive: Dame Emma Thompson tells LBC intimacy coaches are 'absolutely essential' to protect young women on film sets
It is "absolutely essential" intimacy coaches are used on Hollywood film sets to protect young women in an industry still dominated by men, Dame Emma Thompson has told LBC .Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, the Oscar-winning actress spoke of her experience filming sex scenes on one of her most recent films, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.
Andrew asked Dame Emma about comments made by high-profile actors, including Sir Ian McKellen, about intimacy coaches being unnecessary. "I think if you're a young woman on a set which is largely peopled by men...that's a very uncomfortable position for a young woman who is starting in the industry," she told Andrew.Dame Emma also said that there is "no parity on any level" between men and women on film sets, adding that 90 per cent of people on set are men.
"You cannot imagine what some people went through on some of those big series when they first started. [Women] were just told 'you have to take your clothes off'," Dame Emma added. She said her passion for intimacy coordinators come after hearing "truly traumatic" experiences from fellow actors, and that the problem affects men too.Emma Thompson.
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