Lily Allen says intimacy coordinators on set make filming sex scenes 'weird' and insists it's 'difficult' asking co-stars for their consent to touch them By Dolly Busby For The Daily Mail Published: 08:11 EDT, 24 June 2024 | Updated: 08:24 EDT, 24 June 2024 e-mail View comments Most actresses have championed the inclusion of intimacy coordinators on film and television sets in the wake of the #Metoo scandal. But Lily Allen has said they make performing sex scenes ‘weird’ and thinks constantly asking for the other actor’s consent to touch them is ‘difficult’. The Smile singer, 39, appeared in the six-part Sky comedy drama, Dreamland, last year, in which she shared a steamy scene with her co-star Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
But speaking on her podcast Miss Me? Lily told her co-host and best friend Miquita Oliver: 'I don’t know how helpful I found it [intimacy co-ordination] personally. I would have preferred to just have just thrown myself in the deep end and let it happen. ‘But what I found difficult is you had to ask the person’s permission if they were okay with you putting your hand somewhere before you did it and I just couldn’t.
Lily Allen has said the inclusion of intimacy coordinators on film and television sets make performing sex scenes ‘weird’ and thinks constantly asking for the other actor’s consent to touch them is ‘difficult’ (pictured in February) The Smile singer, 39, appeared in the six-part Sky comedy drama, Dreamland (pictured), last year,.
