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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

West Side Story star Rachel Zegler defends intimacy coordinators after Sean Bean criticism

Rachel Zegler said ‘spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe’.
Rachel Zegler said ‘spontaneity in intimate scenes can be unsafe’. Photograph: Karwai Tang/Getty Images

Rachel Zegler, the actor who rose to fame as the lead in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, has spoken up in support of intimacy coordinators, after criticism of the role by Sean Bean earlier in the week.

Speaking to the Times, Bean said such coordinators – largely brought in post #MeToo to help police on-set safety – can “spoil the spontaneity” of shooting a sex scene.

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