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Do Actors Get Aroused in Sex Scenes? An Intimacy Coordinator Tells Us
Readers asked Us Weekly how actors stop themselves from feeling a little too in-the-moment during sex scenes, and we have an expert’s exclusive answer
A reader asks Us, “How do actors stop themselves from getting aroused during sex scenes?” The racy moments in Challengers and on shows like Outlander have made Us wonder about this very important question too, so we checked in with intimacy coordinator Brooke M. Haney for the inside scoop. Haney, who’s worked on Elsbeth, Mayor of Kingstown and Harlem and recently wrote The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen, revealed that those moments are not so sexy behind the scenes. Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe’s steamy ‘Outlander’ sex scenes inspired a question from an Us Weekly reader.Sony Pictures Television“I’m not going to be in charge of controlling what actors do on their own time, that’s their business,” they say.
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