{"id":2150486,"date":"2025-11-12T03:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2150486"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:05:11","slug":"florence-pugh-weighs-in-on-debate-over-intimacy-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/florence-pugh-weighs-in-on-debate-over-intimacy-coordinators\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence Pugh Weighs In On Debate Over Intimacy Coordinators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/florence-pugh\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Florence Pugh\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6913759ce4b0f8fc6ee45b9a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/florence-pugh\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Florence Pugh<\/a> says she\u2019s had \u201cgood and bad\u201d experiences with intimacy coordinators while making movies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>There to ensure sex scenes are safe and consensual, the role has become a topic of debate as they become more common during film productions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The Academy Award nominee told documentarian <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/louis-theroux\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Louis Theroux\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6913759ce4b0f8fc6ee45b9a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/louis-theroux\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Louis Theroux<\/a> that working with intimacy coordinators has been a mixed bag, but she understands their importance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>On <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7mJTxjbNUfgxnob76j8aMQ?si=424e0dc7e473485a\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"the Tuesday episode of Theroux\u2019s podcast,\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6913759ce4b0f8fc6ee45b9a\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7mJTxjbNUfgxnob76j8aMQ?si=424e0dc7e473485a\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">the Tuesday episode of Theroux\u2019s podcast,<\/a> Pugh said, \u201cIt\u2019s not to get in the way. It\u2019s not to confuse, it\u2019s not to make things more complicated or make things more awkward. It\u2019s simply to make sure that everybody is happy with what they\u2019re creating.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had good ones and bad ones,\u201d she went on, noting how the position wasn\u2019t commonplace when she started off in the industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6913892b170000766f9c53d3.jpeg?cache=ESIChlSquq&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6913892b170000766f9c53d3.jpeg?cache=ESIChlSquq&amp;ops=scalefit_1440&amp;format=webp 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Florence Pugh, here on an April episode of &quot;The Kelly Clarkson Show,&quot; told Louis Theroux she's worked with intimacy coordinators who enriched stories and some who have made things downright &quot;weird.&quot;\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6913892b170000766f9c53d3.jpeg?cache=ESIChlSquq&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6913892b170000766f9c53d3.jpeg?cache=ESIChlSquq&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6913892b170000766f9c53d3.jpeg?cache=ESIChlSquq&amp;ops=scalefit_1440 2x\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"cli-image__caption caption-cli\">Florence Pugh, here on an April episode of &#8220;The Kelly Clarkson Show,&#8221; told Louis Theroux she&#8217;s worked with intimacy coordinators who enriched stories and some who have made things downright &#8220;weird.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The \u201cDune\u201d star added that while she\u2019s \u201cquite confident\u201d and \u201cquite happy in my skin,\u201d she does remember situations where filmmakers\u2019 requests felt \u201ccompletely inappropriate,\u201d and it would have been nice to have had an intimacy coordinator on set to support her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"support-huffpost-entry-support-huffpost-mid-article\" class=\"cli support-huffpost-mid-article primary-cli cli cli-text cli-support-huffpost hidden campaign-cta\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__content-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">Truth<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Has No<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Bias<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"contributor-once-variation\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">Your Support<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Fuels<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contributor-canceled-variation\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">Your Support<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Fuels<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Our Mission<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message-container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message support-huffpost__message--main\">\n<p>We Won\u2019t Back Down<\/p>\n<p>As more major networks align with those in power, the space for fearless journalism is shrinking. 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