When it comes to depicting sensuality on the big screen, Toni Collette often prefers to embrace spontaneity.
In an interview with the U.K.’s The Times, the “Muriel’s Wedding” and “Sixth Sense” actor addressed intimacy coordinators on movie sets. The term refers to members of a film or television crew assigned to helping actors get comfortable with executing love scenes in front of a camera, and making sure industry safeguards are followed.Actors like Jameela Jamil and Emma Thompson have praised the use of intimacy coordinators, which have become a film industry norm since the Me Too movement. Collette, however, feels differently, noting that she ultimately chose not to work with one when given a recent opportunity.
“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,” she explained. “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.”
