‘You can’t just let it flow’: Emma Thompson defends intimacy coordinators

Actor says rise of sex-scene advisers is fantastic' in wake of Sean Bean's criticism that it reduces acting to technical exercise'

Emma Thompson has joined the actors pushing back against Sean Bean's criticism of intimacy coordinators, describing the profession as a fantastic introduction" that has made actors feel comfortable and safe.

Bean, best known for his work on Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, said earlier this week that coordinators reduce the natural way lovers behave" into a technical exercise".