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The presence of an intimacy coordinator on set “would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things,” theGame of Thronesalum, 63, toldThe Sunday Times. “Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hands there while you touch his thing.'”
He then compared comparing love scenes today to ones he shot with Joely Richardson for 1993’sLady Chatterly’s Lover.
“Lady Chatterlywas spontaneous,” he shared. “It was a joy. We had a good chemistry between us, and we knew what we were doing was unusual. Because she was married, I was married. But we were following the story. We were trying to portray the truth of what D.H. Lawrence wrote.”
In his chat with theSunday Times, Bean also spoke about television companies or advertisers censoring his work.
Pointing to one scene in the television seriesSnowpiercerwhen he and costarLena Hallbecome intimate with the help of a mango, Bean told the outlet, “I think they cut a bit out actually.”
And while Bean noted that Hall, 42, was “up for anything,” given her background with musical cabaret, theSunday Timespointed out how intimacy coordinators are on hand to aid actresses amid the#MeToo movement. In response, Bean said: “I suppose it depends on the actress.”
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Series starMatt Smithrecently opened up toRolling Stoneabout how the show may actually havetoo manysex scenes.
“You do find yourself asking, ‘Do we needanothersex scene?'” said Smith, 39, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we do.'”
“I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing? Are you representing the books, or are you diluting the books to represent the time [we’re living in]?’ And I actually think it’s your job to represent the books truthfully and honestly, as they were written,” he continued.
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House of the Dragon’s intimate scenes, however, are said to differ in nature fromGame of Thrones’ — some of which were blatantly abusive and non-consensual. Executive producer Sara Hess explained how the show is committed to showing non-violent sexual encounters during a chat withVanity Fair.
“I’d like to clarify that we do not depict sexual violence in the show,” she said. “We handle one instance off-screen, and instead show the aftermath and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator.”
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House of the Dragonpremieres Aug. 21 on HBO Max.
source: people.com
