In a true case of work is work, cognac is cognac, the actor Ewan McGregor reveals he received recommendations from an intimacy coordinator for the series’ sex scenes A Gentleman in Moscow, in which he starred alongside his own wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The author mentions as a reason something that is easy to intuit: it is not easy to be naked, much less performing intimate scenes, in front of strangers and, in this case, an entire film crew, even if it is with the person with whom we have a relationship. relationship.
A Radio Times the Scottish actor explained the use of an intimacy coordinator as follows: “It’s necessary because we also have to take into consideration the film crew [no sentido em que não é uma situação desconfortável apenas para os atores, mas também para quem está a ver]. It’s strange to be naked in front of other people, it’s strange to have intimate situations in front of the camera. If it were a dancing scene, we would have the choreographer there.”
The intimacy coordinator is a recent figure in sets of the films. It arose following the MeToo movement to ensure that there were no abuses in sets of film and television productions, when it is necessary to film sex and nudity scenes.
Furthermore, McGregor also highlights the importance of having someone who is an intermediary, a kind of negotiator, between the actors and the director, that prevents opposing views from coming into direct confrontation, and how this “makes the industry [cinematográfica] safer for young actors”.
A Gentleman in Moscow premieres on March 29th on the Paramount+ streaming platform. It is a series based on the book, with the same name, by the writer Love Towles, and tells the story of Count Alexander Rostov, who is placed under house arrest in the attic of the metropolis hotel, by a Bolshevik court, which does not appreciate his aristocratic lifestyle. It was nice that they didn’t shoot him, or it would have been a particularly short story.
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