Michael Caine questions need for intimacy coordinators: “In my day you just did the love scene”

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Aidan Turner and Kate Winslet have been vocal about how they could have benefitted from having one on set on past projects, whereas Sean Bean said they “spoil the spontaneity” of sex scenes.Speaking to The Daily Mail, Caine has similarly questioned whether they’re necessary when asked about the subject. “Really?

Seriously? What are they? We never had that in my day,” the actor said.“Thank God I’m 90 and don’t play lovers anymore is all I can say.

In my day you just did the love scene and got on with it without anyone interfering. It’s all changed.”Caine also expressed his views on political correctness, explaining that while he tries to learn from his children and younger co-stars, he struggles with some limitations.“It’s dull,” Caine said. “Not being able to speak your mind and not being able to call anyone ‘darling’.”He added: “I try but it’s hard.

I like to learn from friends who are younger than me.”Caine recently suggested his new film, The Great Escaper, could be his last film role. “I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that,” he told The Telegraph. “I sort of am retired now.”Last week, intimacy coordinator David Thackeray, who has worked on shows like Sex Education and Heartstopper, responded to the criticism of the role they play on sets.“I completely get where they’re coming from,” Thackeray told the Radio Times.