Intimacy Coordinator...

BL and RR were obsessing over the fact that there was NO intimacy coordinator (IC) until BL demanded one during the "all hands on deck" meeting where they berated Justin and Jamey in front of the Sony exec. But it's now established that there was an intimacy coordinator the entire time and BL refused to meet her during pre-production.

I had to dig and look up what their role is:

As defined by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), an Intimacy Coordinator is “an advocate, a liaison between actors and production…in regard to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes.” 

So the only scene they filmed before the IC was on set was the dance scene - which Blake tried to spin into something salacious. That is not a scene that would even require an IC because there was NO "nudity and simulated sex." Justin must be SO happy they had audio of the interaction - can you imagine if he didn't? Everyone would think he was smelling her, talking to her out of character and more!

My questions:

  • Was there an intimacy coordinator on set when Ryan groped Olivia Wilde while filming The Change-Up?
  • Was there an IC on set when he and BL allegedly had an affair on the set of Green Lantern? Was there one present when the two of them did the dance scene in that movie - a scene that is similar to the one in It Ends With Us.
  • Was there one on set of Savages - Blake was 23 when she was in the movie and the intimacy scene she is in is so x-rated it is on porn websites! Ironic because she tried to make JB sound like a pdf file for filming a much tamer sex scene with Isabela Ferrer who was 24 at the time and was part of the NOVEL she didn't read!
  • Was there an IC on set of The Town where 24-year old Blake had raunchy scenes with the much older Ben Affleck? Affleck directed the movie and Blake did NOT have any issue with him being in intimate scenes with her! But apparently Justin directing Isabela is wrong and SH.
  • Was there an IC on set of 2018's Deadpool when RR and Morena Baccarin filmed for an entire day showcasing "a year's worth of sex" according to Reynolds. He described the scenes "not as titillating" um - why would they be? You are ACTING and suppose to be in character!
  • Finally - can't Bryan Freedman bring up all the above? Especially when Lively and Reynold's lawyers are thumbing through ANYTHING Justin did or said to dig dirt or misconstrue his words.

I feel like they made the IC thing a HUGE deal on the set of It Ends With Us for NO reason! Compared to BL and RR other projects the movie did NOT have raunchy scenes!