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Intimacy coordinators, the behind-the-scenes workers who choreograph onscreen sex for TV and film, were suddenly thrust into the limelight this past week.
It all started on Friday, when British actor Sean Bean questioned their raison d’etre in an interview with The Times of London. Declaring himself not a fan, the Game of Thrones star worried that they’d “spoil the spontaneity.”
“I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise,” said the acting vet, who has not participated in many sex scenes throughout his career. “It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things.”