Gwyneth Paltrow does not agree with Blake Lively‘s belief that it is ‘critical to have an intimacy coordinator’ on set.
While the Gossip Girl star, 37, has been outspoken about why she feels it is necessary that actors work directly with professionals to choreograph intimate scenes, the Goop founder, 52, has a very different mindset about the matter.
The Oscar winner, who was doing three to five films a year at the height of her acting career, admitted that having an intimacy coordinator on the set of Marty Supreme, alongside Timothée Chalamet, was a big change for her.
‘There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed,’ she told Vanity Fair. ‘I was like, “Girl, I’m from the era where you get naked, you get in bed, the camera’s on.”‘
Ultimately, Paltrow revealed that she ended up asking the intimacy coordinator to take a step back.
‘I don’t know how it is for kids who are starting out, but… if someone is like, “OK, and then he’s going to put his hand here,” I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that,’ the mother-of-two explained.
Gwyneth Paltrow does not agree with Blake Lively ‘s belief that it is ‘critical to have an intimacy coordinator’ on set (seen in 2023)
Paltrow also noted she and Chalamet’s character, Marty Mauser, ‘have a lot of sex in this movie.’
After the interviewer asked if there are ‘a lot of vulnerable positions’ between she and Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend, Paltrow answered: ‘Beyond.’
The performer went on to describe he character as being someone who ‘is married to someone who is in the Ping-Pong mafia’ and becomes romantically involved with Timothee’s character, Marty.
‘She’s had a pretty tough life, and I think he breathes life back into her, but it’s kind of transactional for them both,’ Paltrow explained.
Paltrow also described Chalamet ‘a thinking man’s sex symbol.’
‘He’s just a very polite, properly raised, I was going to say kid. He’s a man who takes his work really seriously and is a fun partner,’ she told the outlet.
The film is a return to acting for Paltrow as she most recently starred in Netflix’s The Politician in 2019 and lent her voice to 2022’s She Said and an episode of 2023’s American Horror Stories.
While not universally mandated, intimacy coordinators have become more common and seen as essential for productions involving intimate scenes, particularly after the #MeToo movement.
While the Gossip Girl star, 37, has been outspoken about why she feels it is necessary that actors should be working directly with professionals to help choreograph intimate scenes, the Goop founder, 52, has a very different mindset about the matter (Lively seen on the It Ends With Us set with Justin Baldoni)
The Oscar winner explained that having an intimacy coordinator on movie sets felt stifling and unnecessary; seen kissing Timothée Chalamet last year while filming Marty Supreme
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has also developed guidelines that encourage productions to hire intimacy coordinators, especially for scenes involving nudity or simulated sex.
Intimacy coordinators roles are to create a comfortable environment for actors, so they feel safe and respected during scenes that involve simulated sex, nudity, or partial nudity as well as sexual trauma, suggestive movements or scenes acting out consensual or non-consensual sexual acts.
Months prior to accusing Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment, Lively spoke about working with intimacy coordinators for passionate, physical contact scenes on the set of their film It Ends With Us.
In an interview with Digital Spy, she called attention to the importance of having intimacy coordinators working with the cast on set to choreograph those on-screen actions ‘safely.’
When asked about intimacy safety specifically on their movie set, Lively answered: ‘Oh, that’s a nice question. I think it’s critical to have an intimacy coordinator.’
She pointed out that any other movement sequences are carefully choreographed on the set of a movie before adding that intimacy scenes require the same level of care and guidance.
‘I think that, like, you coordinate stunts, you coordinate dancing. It is, it’s choreography,’ she said.
‘So, to be able to say, you know, so this was what happens here, here and here in a stunt; and this is what happens here, here and here in a dance. But, like, now you guys just go…put your bodies together and your mouths and whatever. And just like, action and cut…that’s sort of ridiculous,’ she explained.
‘So I think that that being choreographed is critical for everyone’s safety,’ she concluded.
Months prior to accusing Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment, Lively spoke about working with intimacy coordinators for passionate, physical contact scenes on the set of their film It Ends With Us; seen in 2024
In December, Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni, who also directed their hit romantic drama It Ends With Us.
Baldoni later followed up by launching a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, her publicist and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
He also filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times for its reporting on Lively’s allegations.Both Lively and Baldoni have denied each others claims, and the New York Times has denied Baldoni’s accusations and requested that his lawsuit against the paper be dismissed.
Last month, Lively unleashed a new salvo in her ongoing legal back-and-forth with Justin Baldoni by claiming that she was not the only woman he made uncomfortable on the set of It Ends With Us.
An amended version of her complaint filed late in New York federal court alleged that she has corroboration of her original claims, and a spokesperson for the actress claimed that ‘other women confided in Blake about their discomfort,’ according to People.
In a statement to DailyMail.com, Balondi’s attorney Freedman said: ‘Our clients have been transparent in providing receipts, real time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry picked to the media. Our clients have taken this matter and these issues very seriously notwithstanding the jokes made publicly by the plaintiff and her husband.
‘Her underwhelming amended complaint is filled with unsubstantial hearsay of unnamed persons who are clearly no longer willing to come forward or publicly support her claims,’ he continued. ‘Since documents do not lie and people do, the upcoming depositions of those who initially supported Ms. Lively’s false claims and those who are witnesses to her own behavior will be enlightening. What is truly uncomfortable here is Ms. Lively’s lack of actual evidence.’
In an interview with Digital Spy, she called attention to the importance of having intimacy coordinators working with the cast on set to choreograph those on-screen actions ‘safely’ (Baldoni pictured in 2024)
In December, Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni, who also directed their hit romantic drama It Ends With Us; seen in January 2024
In a statement to DailyMail.com, Lively’s attorneys Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb said her amended complaint against Baldoni ‘provides significant additional evidence and corroboration of her original claims.’
They added that it ‘includes previously undisclosed communications’ Lively had with Sony Pictures, Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios and ‘numerous other witnesses.’
The new version of the complaint reportedly includes an added defamation claim against Baldoni that was not part of the initial document, which was filed on New Year’s Eve.
According to Hudson and Gottlieb, Lively is suing for defamation ‘based on the repeated false statements the defendants have made about Ms. Lively since she filed her original complaint…’
She has also expanded her complaint to add Jed Wallace and his Texas-based crisis PR firm Street Relations, Inc., as a defendant.
Wallace, who has denied playing any part in a smear campaign against the Gossip Girl star, previously filed a $7 million lawsuit against her in response to Lively’s allegation in her initial complaint that his firm ‘weaponized a digital army’ against her on behalf of Baldoni.
She had requested Wallace be deposed in her initial complaint, though he revealed in his subsequent lawsuit earlier in February that the request had been rescinded.
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