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- Jane Fonda told Women's Wear Daily that she wished she had an intimacy coordinator when she filmed sex scenes.
- The role became an industry standard in the wake of the #MeToo movement in 2017.
- Fonda said the film industry has also introduced training to combat harassment.
Jane Fonda said she wished intimacy coordinators existed earlier in her career, while speaking about changes to the industry following the #MeToo movement.
The #MeToo went mainstream in 2017 when actors started sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry.
Intimacy coordinators have since become a standard on most major film and TV sets. They liaise between actors and production and movement coaches to help facilitate nudity, sex scenes, and other intimate moments.
Speaking to Women's Wear Daily at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Fonda, 87, about her early career, she said: "Every time you begin a movie, you have training. What to do if there's a problem. That never happened.
"And the other thing, they're called intimacy coordinators. I wish we had them while I was doing sex scenes because it's hard."
She added: "You want me to say to a guy you're supposed to look like you're in love with and you say, 'please don't uncover my breast on the left side.' You know, you don't do that."
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Other older actors, such as Sean Bean, Jennifer Aniston, and Michael Douglas, have questioned the need for intimacy coordinators, saying they'd prefer not to have one.
Fonda, who has been acting for 65 years, previously praised the introduction of the intimacy coordinator in a 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
"What a difference it would've made in terms of my comfort," she said. "I missed out on that one."