The fourth episode of House of the Dragon had several sex scenes that in addition to being planned between the actors and the director of the chapter, Clare Kilner, included an intimacy coordinator.
The person in charge of creating the ideal atmosphere for these scenes in the series of dragons is the Australian Miriam Luciawho on his Instagram profile @miriamlucia_nl describes herself as an actress, acting coach and coach, director, founder of Clerkenwell Actors Studio, and intimacy coordinator.
She was in charge of ensuring that those scenes that were seen in the fourth episode and the ones that are missing, are arranged between the director and the actors, and choreographed between the actors in such a way that no one gets hurt (because some of these scenes are violent) nor violated in their sexuality.
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One of the most complicated scenes seen in the series was the sexual relationship between the queen Alicent Hightower (which should also show displeasure and annoyance) and the rey Viserys, characters in which there is notoriously quite a difference in age, but also, the actress who plays Alicent, Emily Carey is 19 years old and Paddy Considine is 49.
Carey told News Week that when they recorded that scene she was 18 years old and she felt “afraid”, particularly given the age difference with Considine, the actor who plays Viserys, who was 48 years old at the time.
Thanks to Lucia and the coordinated work also with Considine, the actress felt calm. In this case, no private parts were shown, but a sex scene between the two characters had to be simulated.
Intimacy coordinators are in charge of supervising sexual, erotic and nude scenes in film and TV.
The also intimacy coordinator Marci Liroff explained to EL COLOMBIANO, months ago, that these types of scenes are discussed with the actors and if someone decides not to do it, you have to respect it and they must, directors and screenwriters, modify them.
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It is planned, rehearsed and recorded with all the specified conditions, that is, it specifies what is shown, what is not, the shots that the scene will have, if there are kisses or not, what is touched and what is not, prostheses or fillers that cover the intimate parts of both actors and all the moves.
On the website of the company founded by actress and director Miriam Lucia, it is explained that an intimacy coordinator is in charge of assess the risks, design the scene, rehearse it, be on set to see that everything is done right and at the end a post-production report is made.
But that’s not all, his work also includes find the solution of problems that arise in this type of scenes, that everything legal is clear and there is good production advice and process design.
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This is a job where all the intimacy coordinators who are already on shows like Outlander, BridgertonHightown, Sex EducationThe Witcher o Euphoria They assume with the idea, in addition, of promoting the best practices of the industry and giving workshops and courses on this subject in the main theater schools.
Carey specified that it was thanks to the privacy coordinator that she was able to talk regarding everything and have it clear, that she did not feel uncomfortable and that it was “an open dialogue”, as detailed to News Week.
“In the rehearsal room he was a great help and on set he was a great help. Yes, it was much easier than I thought it would be,” said the young actress.
