A TV show came out in 2020 that quarantine or no quarantine made us all sad and horny.
Then there was this gap.
Then there’s the realization of, actually, no, people are vulnerable.
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Consent is needed both for touch and nudity, and of simulated sexual content.
We’re inviting producers to do this right from the get-go.
If you read a script and earmark a dance, you’re going to get a choreographer.
You’d do exactly the same with the intimate content so that it just becomes commonplace.
But at that time that narrative really was on its head.
If you’re an actor, you should be brave and do any intimate content."
Shouldn’t we create a structure?"
And then they were the ones that are made to feel unprofessional for asking for that.
Thank God things have progressed.
Perhaps abuse is too strong a word
Actually, abuse isn’t the wrong word for it.
There’s degrees from feeling awkward to feeling harassed, to absolutely feeling downright abused.
It damages you and that internal misappropriation has this ongoing ripple effect.
It damages a person’s artistry.
Sitting down with the actors and directors?
Is there a lot of choreographing and camera angles to make it seem so real?
Basically, just how do you do it?
You really only see from about the ribcage up.
The same scene can make an actor incredibly vulnerable depending on the camera angle.
That’s where Suzie Lavelle (director of photography) is just so creative.
That scene [of their first time together] was such a complex scene it’s nine minutes long.
There was such ease and openness and collaboration with everybody.
Paul and Daisy would have huge conversations around what the scene meant and really interrogate it.
How long does a scene like that first sex scene take to shoot?
That was a full day and it was boiling hot, in the middle of the summer.
So most of the time they’ve got at least flesh colored shorts on and then tracksuit bottoms.
That’s always, always the case.
Yes, in every scene, it’s where are they now?
Who are they now?
We had a kissing of the belly.
We have her with the thumb in the mouth, being more confident.
In episode 12, we had them on the floor rather than being on the bed.
That was a really conscious choice there’s that sense of more freedom within the space.
That’s all part of what’s considered.
Yes, and that goes back to how Sally talks about the narrative of intimate content inNormal People.
It’s not just: And then they have sex.
It was such a privilege to be part of it.
