Toni Collette Reveals She's Asked Intimacy Coordinators To Leave Because Of Discomfort

Viewers were stunned as they clocked former children's TV presenter Andi Peters during the Saturday Night Takeaway finale live from the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. As the camera cut to the Good Morning Britain and This Morning favourite at Universal's Volcano Bay water theme park, fans were distracted by his 'erupting biceps'.'

Prime Video’s new series “The Power” posits a world in which young women around the globe, in an inexplicable twist of nature, suddenly develop the ability to electrocute people at will — flipping society, and the patriarchy, on its head (“A world built for us, where we’re not afraid” says a protagonist). The eight-part series, cloaked in sci-fi, takes a while to charge into high gear, but once it gets going is rife with social commentary that resonates in today’s culture.“The Power” is based on Naomi Alderman’s eponymous 2016 novel and features an ensemble cast of younger, nuanced actors working alongside A-listers Toni Collette, John Leguizamo and Josh Charles.

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“Love Actually” has become a holiday favourite since its release in 2003. However, even after 20 years and cultivating a devoted fan base, star Hugh Grant says there’s still one scene of his that he doesn’t like to watch whenever it comes up.

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Ciarán Hinds is opening up about the great number of sex scenes the HBO series Game of Thrones had and weighed in on intimacy coordinators on set.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds is well known among “Game of Thrones” fans for playing Mance Rayder, the king beyond the wall and leader of the wildlings. Hinds appeared in five episodes of the Emmy-winning HBO fantasy series across three seasons. In a recent interview with The Independent, Hinds got honest about not exactly loving all the sex in “Game of Thrones.” “I was rather put off by the amount of sexuality that was going on in it, because it was taking away from the actual political storytelling,” Hinds said. “But that’s business, I guess, from their perspective.” Hinds also spoke to The Independent about the increase of intimacy coordinators on sets in recent years. Hinds’ daughter, Aoife, is also an actor and worked closely with intimacy coordinators while starring opposite Paul Mescal in Hulu’s “Normal People.”

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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.

Fans of Netflix’s smash show, The Crown, will recognise Meg Bellamy for portraying Kate Middleton - now known worldwide as The Princess of Wales and future Queen - during her St Andrew’s University days.The 19 year old newcomer bagged the part after submitting a self-taped audition to the show’s producers after the role was advertised on social media. Before this, Meg had only been cast in amateur productions, including her school’s stage play of Matilda.

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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Actress Toni Collette swore during tonight's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway during a game of 'Saturday Night at the Movies'.