Toni Collette Reveals “Intimacy Coordinators Make Her More Anxious” While Filming Love Scenes

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Hereditary and Little Miss Sunshine, explained during an interview with The Times how she felt the presence of intimacy coordinators during sex scenes on past projects didn’t help her feel more at ease.“I think it’s only been a couple of times where they’ve been brought in, and I have very much trusted and felt at ease with the people I was working with,” Collette said.“It just felt like those people who were brought in to make me feel more at ease were actually making me feel more anxious. They weren’t helping, so I asked them to leave.”Asked if she would have appreciated their presence on set earlier in her career, Collette replied: “It depends.

Australian actress Toni Collette is detailing the discomfort she has felt on-set filming sex scenes — but not in the way you may think. The "Knives Out" actress expressed her views on intimacy coordinators infiltrating studios to help actors safely film sex scenes, during an interview with The Sunday Times. "I think it’s only been a couple of times where they’ve been brought in, and I have very much trusted and felt at ease with the people I was working with.

Ita O’Brien, the pioneering Intimacy Coordinator who has worked on the likes of Normal People, I May Destroy You and Sex Education, has founded what is being called the “world’s first degree in intimacy practice.”

Toni Collette has admitted that she asked intimacy coordinators to leave set because they made her "more anxious". While speaking to The Times for a new interview, the Australian star discussed how commonplace intimacy coordinators have become in the film and TV industry. Their purpose is to make actors feel at ease and in control of sex scenes or moments of nudity, however, the About a Boy star admitted the coordinators had the opposite effect on her and made her feel more uncomfortable.

Toni Collette is opening up about her opinion on intimacy coordinators on film sets.

Toni Collette has revealed she has previously asked for intimacy coordinators to not be present while filming. The Australian actress, 50, has enjoyed a three-decade Hollywood career, first shooting to fame in comedy-drama Muriel’s Wedding in 1994. Since then, she’s starred in films including The Sixth Sense, which scored her an Oscars nomination, Little Miss Sunshine, About A Boy and Netflix’s mega-hit, Knives Out.

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Behind-the-scenes support! Outlander, Sex/Life and more TV shows and movies have hired intimacy coordinators to manage sex scenes — and the stars have found these roles make them feel safer.