#intimacy coordinator

[dgct2]

Access Hollywood is exclusively talking to the hit show’s intimacy coordinator, Chala Hunter, about how she built trust with Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie so that they felt safe while filming intimate scenes on the show.

[lily-s-world]

The intimacy coordination in Heated Rivalry needs a bonus, and also to start imparting lessons to other coordinators; because the scenes look so realistic. Also the banter, the constant asking from Ilya to make sure Shane is okay, how much fun they are having in the moment. Everything looks perfect.

Can't wait for the scenes when they start to realize their feelings, it is gonna be so good.

[heatedrivalrysource]

'Heated Rivalry's' Intimacy Coordinator Breaks Down Shane & Ilya's Chemi...

[lovelierbitsoflife]

I love that the interviews with Edvin and Omar about their work with their IC was like, ‘we were nervous’ or ‘we felt safe to say no’ and ‘sometimes I don’t want hands on my face cuz of germs’

And then Hudson and Connor come swinging in butts bare sending their IC and producer videos like, ‘we were in the trailer and taped this, watch me pretend to deepthroat this man and stick my fingers in his mouth and slap his face, do you think we can do this or is too much?’

And they’re like ‘GENIUS. air it’

[finelytaylored]

really hope hudson and connor get to speak with more journalists/press who give them the opportunity to give serious, thoughtful answers like this during the s2 press tour. seeing them do the chaotic interviews together is obviously so much fun, but I love when we get to have discussions like THIS too.

[strawlessandbraless]

Imagine being the intimacy coordinator on the set of supernatural when Dean and Cas finally fuck

[thisshitisridiculous]

hudson williams on the importance of intentionality behind sex scenes in media. on heated rivalry they made sure they handled all the intimate scene with the same care and responsibility as the emotional talks. that they choreographed and worked out the acting behind those scenes as much as the physical movement of them. that’s what makes them feel real. that’s what makes them feel story driven.

i was watching this video essay about intimacy coordinators the other day which was super interesting and there’s this part in the video where he uses a clip of noah wyle talking about using an intimacy coordinator for the first time -

“I found the intimacy coordinator to be the first time I’ve ever looked at those scenes as acting scenes, because we were suddenly breaking them down beat by beat and it was now like ‘wait who’s the aggressor? and is it awkward or are they really connected? or do we find the connection or does it start sloppy?’ it became an opportunity for more storytelling than just a little bit of an erotic escape.”

that’s the point! that’s how it should be! the reason so many people have turned against sex scenes (besides puritan culture) is because they’ve often felt gratuitous and unnecessary and exploitive. i’m really glad a show like heated rivalry is part of this change in the current industry as a whole. that it’s able to bringing sex into the story, not stuck outside of it

[accol-fics]

Erotic gay smash Heated Rivalry is a well-timed defense of intimacy coordinators | Adrian Horton

The small screen phenomenon, and its publicized use of intimacy coordinators, has arrived as established Hollywood names have started to cri

[Suffice] to say that in this scene, as throughout Heated Rivalry, sex is allowed to act as dialogue, a language unto itself between the characters for whom physical intimacy is their primary form of communication. That it works – that everyone from hockey bro podcasters to queer men to especially women not only understand this language but are drawn to it – is a testament to Jacob Tierney, the show’s creator, freely but faithfully adapting the romance novels by Rachel Reid, to the performances by breakout stars Williams and Storrie, to a show that takes sex seriously. And, crucially, to Chala Hunter, the intimacy coordinator and, to quote Tierney, “absolutely the hero of this show”.