Ewan McGregor: Why intimacy coordinators were necessary for sex scene with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead
20.03.2024 - 17:39
/ nypost.com
intimacy coordinators are a necessity on set — especially when he’s acting alongside his wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.The Scottish actor, 52, and the “Birds of Prey” actress, 39, star in the upcoming miniseries “A Gentleman in Moscow” together. McGregor recently got candid with the Radio Times about working with his spouse, whom he married in 2022, and why it felt slightly uncomfortable to shoot sex scenes with her in front of the film crew.“We did have an intimacy coordinator,” the “Star Wars” alum said.
“It’s still necessary, because it’s also about the crew, and it’s odd to be naked in front of people, it’s odd to be intimate in front of the camera.” “If you were doing a dance scene, you’d have a choreographer. It’s an important part of the work now, because it’s somebody that the director and actors meet in the middle,” he continued.He then explained how other younger actors — like his daughter Esther — could have felt coerced by filmmakers to film a shot that they weren’t comfortable with.
Thus, intimacy coordinators are important on movie sets to ensure that everyone is comfortable with the action.McGregor went on: “My daughter is 22. If an older, famous director goes to a 22-year-old and says, ‘I want you to be naked in this scene,’ that actress might feel, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got to do it, my career might depend on it.’ ” “And then five years after that, she could look back and go, ‘I wish I hadn’t.
Why am I naked in that scene? It’s unnecessary,’ ” he stated. “Now there’s somebody she talks to whose career doesn’t rest on the shoulders of this person.”Winstead and McGregor have been together since 2017, following the latter’s split from ex-wife Eve Mavrakis.In 2021, the “Sky High” alum gave birth to her first
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