{"id":159263,"date":"2022-12-16T05:42:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T05:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-alwyn-and-paul-mescal-talk-sex-scenes-and-intimacy-coordinators\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T05:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T05:42:05","slug":"joe-alwyn-and-paul-mescal-talk-sex-scenes-and-intimacy-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-alwyn-and-paul-mescal-talk-sex-scenes-and-intimacy-coordinators\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal talk sex scenes and intimacy coordinators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal both worked with the same intimacy coordinator – Ita O’Brien – while filming sex scenes for Lenny Abrahamson’s Normal People and Conversations with Friends, which were based on Sally Rooney books.<\/p>\n

‘The scenes are spoken about,’ the 31-year-old Englishman explained in Variety’s Actors on Actors on Thursday.<\/p>\n

‘They’re rehearsed. Every movement is almost choreographed like a dance or a fight. And they’re quite blocked, even though there’s freedom within it.’<\/p>\n

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Trust: Joe Alwyn and Paul Mescal (2-L) both worked with the same intimacy coordinator – Ita O’Brien (R) – while filming sex scenes for Lenny Abrahamson’s Normal People (pictured) and Conversations with Friends, which were based on Sally Rooneybooks <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 31-year-old Englishman (L) explained in Variety’s Actors on Actors on Thursday: ‘The scenes are spoken about’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And when French filmmaker Claire Denis directed Joe and Margaret Qualley in a sex scene for her Cannes Grand Prix-winning Hulu romantic thriller Stars at Noon, she simply told them: ‘Just like [painter] Francis Bacon.’<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Irishman reacted: ‘Wow, just that? And… go!’<\/p>\n

Alwyn continued: ‘But I trusted Claire and I trusted the crew. And Margaret, obviously. And you feel safe within that. I think trust and feeling safe is the main thing.’<\/p>\n

Paul agreed: ‘That is the main thing, totally. It’s like a hot topic in the industry, but I think you’re right. You never want scenes around intimacy to feel stale. But ultimately they have to feel safe. And I think you can feel safe multiple different ways, and that’s ultimately through trust.’<\/p>\n

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Joe continued: ‘They’re rehearsed. Every movement is almost choreographed like a dance or a fight. And they’re quite blocked, even though there’s freedom within it’ <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And when French filmmaker Claire Denis directed Alwyn and Margaret Qualley in a sex scene for her Cannes Grand Prix-winning Hulu romantic thriller Stars at Noon, she simply told them: ‘Just like [painter] Francis Bacon’ <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 26-year-old Irishman reacted: ‘Wow, just that? And… go!’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Cannes Chopard Trophy winner continued: ‘But I trusted Claire and I trusted the crew. And Margaret, obviously. And you feel safe within that. I think trust and feeling safe is the main thing’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul agreed: ‘That is the main thing, totally. It’s like a hot topic in the industry, but I think you’re right. You never want scenes around intimacy to feel stale. But ultimately they have to feel safe. And I think you can feel safe multiple different ways, and that’s ultimately through trust’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Neither of the handsome leading men brought up their famous girlfriends – Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers – who just so happen to be touring the East coast together from May 6-May 27, 2023.<\/p>\n

The Cannes Chopard Trophy winner’s down-low romance with the 33-year-old Pennsylvania-born pop star quietly began in late 2016 after meeting at the Met Gala.<\/p>\n

Joe co-wrote his 11th song – Sweet Nothing – under the pseudonym of William Bowery for Taylor’s 10th studio album Midnights, which includes a track about their relationship called Lavender Haze.<\/p>\n

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The Era Tour: Neither of the handsome leading men brought up their famous girlfriends – Taylor Swift (L) and Phoebe Bridgers (R) – who just so happen to be touring the East coast together from May 6-May 27, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Still going strong! Joe’s down-low romance with the 33-year-old Pennsylvania-born pop star quietly began in late 2016 after meeting at the Met Gala<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Grammy winner! Alwyn co-wrote his 11th song – Sweet Nothing – under the pseudonym of William Bowery for Taylor’s 10th studio album Midnights, which includes a track about their relationship called Lavender Haze<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alwyn scored his first-ever Grammy Award for album of the year in 2021 for his contributions to Swift’s ninth studio album Folklore. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Emmy nominee is reportedly engaged to the 28-year-old Cali native – according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n

The first hint of romance between Paul and Phoebe was a very public flirty exchange via twitter <\/a>on May 12, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Betrothed? Meanwhile, the Emmy nominee is reportedly engaged to the 28-year-old Cali native (pictured September 3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Besotted: The first hint of romance between Paul and Phoebe was a very public flirty exchange via Twitter on May 12, 2020 (pictured May 3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mescal will next star as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans drama A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins previews this Saturday and runs January 12-February 4 at the Almeida Theater in London’s West End.<\/p>\n

For his role in Aftersun, the God’s Creatures actor is nominated for the best lead performance trophy at the 38th Independent Spirit Awards, which takes place March 4 at Santa Monica Pier.<\/p>\n

The Catherine Called Birdy actor has been hard at work on the New Orleans set of “AND” which reunites him with his The Favorite co-star Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos as well as Margaret Qualley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n