Gwyneth Paltrow’s “irresponsible” remarks about intimacy coordinators criticised by experts

nme.com:

Gwyneth Paltrow‘s comments about intimacy coordinators on set, where she said she felt “stifled” by the presence of one, have been criticised by experts.Caroline Hollick, a former drama boss at Channel 4, described her remarks about intimacy coordinators as “irresponsible”.

Hollick, who now works for Peter Chernin’s North Road as senior VP of international production and development, said at drama festival Series Mania Tuesday that the actor’s comments were “quite an irresponsible thing to say.”Paltrow made the remarks while speaking to Vanity Fair about her sex scenes with Timothée Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, the follow-up to the cult 2019 hit Uncut Gems.

She said she felt “very stifled” by the presence of an intimacy coordinator. “We said, ‘I think we’re good. You can step a little bit back,’ ” she told the outlet.Speaking on a panel titled “Let’s Talk About Sex! (And Consent),” Hollick said: “Every now and then an actor makes a comment over whether they like intimacy coordinators or not.

Gwyneth Paltrow said she grew up in a time when [actors] ‘took our kit off and got on with it.’ As a powerful woman in Hollywood acting with a man much younger than her, well I’m sure [Chalamet] is chill but I thought it was quite an irresponsible thing to say.“Bringing an intimacy coordinator on set empowers an actor because there is someone on side who is there to fight for them.