Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal talk sex scenes and intimacy coordinators
dailymail.co.ukJoe Alwyn and Paul Mescal both worked with the same intimacy coordinator - Ita O'Brien - while filming sex scenes for Lenny Abrahamson's Normal People and Conversations with Friends, which were based on Sally Rooney books.'The scenes are spoken about,' the 31-year-old Englishman explained in Variety's Actors on Actors on Thursday.'They're rehearsed.
Every movement is almost choreographed like a dance or a fight. And they're quite blocked, even though there's freedom within it.' Trust: Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal (2-L) both worked with the same intimacy coordinator - Ita O'Brien (R) - while filming sex scenes for Lenny Abrahamson's Normal People (pictured) and Conversations with Friends, which were based on Sally Rooney books The 31-year-old Englishman (L) explained in Variety's Actors on Actors on Thursday: 'The scenes are spoken about' And when French filmmaker Claire Denis directed Joe and Margaret Qualley in a sex scene for her Cannes Grand Prix-winning Hulu romantic thriller Stars at Noon, she simply told them: 'Just like [painter] Francis Bacon.'The 26-year-old Irishman reacted: 'Wow, just that?
And... go!'Alwyn continued: 'But I trusted Claire and I trusted the crew. And Margaret, obviously. And you feel safe within that.
I think trust and feeling safe is the main thing.'Paul agreed: 'That is the main thing, totally. It's like a hot topic in the industry, but I think you're right.
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