Michael Caine questions the usefulness of intimacy coordinators

Michael Caine questions the usefulness of intimacy coordinators on film sets in a recent interview. “What is that supposed to be?” asks the actor. “There was no such thing in my time.”

Caine continues: “Thank God I’m 90 and don’t play lovers anymore, that’s all I can say. In my day, you just did the love scene and got over it without anyone interfering. That’s all changed.”

Intimacy coordinators are primarily there to ensure the well-being of actors in sex and love scenes. Opinions regarding her presence on sets have been debated for a long time. Aidan Turner and Kate Winslet would have liked support during intimate scenes, while others worried that they might make the scenes seem too clinical.

David Thackery, who worked as an intimacy coordinator on the sets of “Heartstopper” and “Sex Education,” recently responded to the actors’ skepticism. “I understand what they mean,” he told Radio Times. “When I was in training, before this became an established thing, I asked myself, ‘Is this really just a matter of health and safety? Will it hinder the actors or the director? Is it going to get in the way somehow?’”

According to Thackery, the goal and benefit of intimacy coordinators is “simply to give actors a few tools [zu] that you can say, ‘Oh, this is much easier, we’ll just do this’.”

Furthermore, Michael Caine recently shared that “The Great Escaper” may have been his last film. “I’m f***ing 90,” Caine told The Telegraph. “And I can’t walk properly anymore. I’m basically retired now.”