Alicia Vikander says she's filmed sex scenes where she didn't feel 'protected': 'That was not right'
- Alicia Vikander has spoken about not feeling "protected" filming sex scenes early in her career.
- The "Tomb Raider" star told Harper's Bazaar that's she's "been in situations that were not fine."
Alicia Vikander says she has filmed sex scenes earlier in her career where she didn't feel "protected."
The "Tomb Raider" star spoke to Harper's Bazaar about the use of intimacy coordinators onset.
"The only thing that can't be improvised is an intimate scene — you have to make choreography and stick to it," she said. "It's the worst thing ever to do those scenes. I am very comfortable with my body and I've done quite a bit of nudity and sex scenes, but it's never easy."
Vikander said that intimacy coordinators "should have existed at the beginning of my career."
"I've been in situations that were not fine, where I didn't feel I was protected," she said. She recalled one moment in the middle of a production where "everyone was busy doing their own thing and, in the middle, you have an actor who sits there naked for a couple of hours."
"And someone is supposed to arrive with a robe, and they don't. It comes afterwards," the "Green Knight" star added. "That was not right. I should have been looked after."
Insider recently spoke to intimacy coordinator Jenefer Odell about her experience working onset and why coordinators have become more popular in recent years.
"We ensure the actors are listened to and are comfortable while trying to realize the director's vision," she said. "The role has gained prominence since the #MeToo movement."
Describing the process, Odell says the crew are typically taken away, leaving only the intimacy coordinator with the cast.
"We would carefully discuss boundaries and then start rehearsing," she said. "Minimal crews are then brought back to film and I would remain there making sure everyone was OK."
However, while intimacy coordinators are now the norm onset, Odell said that "every job is different."
"Quite often I will be called in at the last minute, which is not ideal, but it's better I'm there rather than not at all," she said.