The actor spoke to Yahoo UK about starring in raunchy Sky drama Mary & George, and the importance of having an intimacy coordinator on set.
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00:00 Nicholas, obviously by the nature of the show,
00:02 there's a lot of sex scenes in it, especially with you.
00:05 And I wondered, how did you feel having those scenes,
00:08 but also did you have an intimacy coordinator to work with
00:11 to make sure that you felt safe and comfortable
00:13 whilst doing those scenes?
00:14 Yeah, we had an excellent intimacy coordinator.
00:17 And, you know, Oliver Hermanus, our wonderful director,
00:22 and I spoke very early on about how, you know,
00:25 what we wanted these scenes to be,
00:28 the purpose we wanted them to serve and how they'd be done.
00:31 And I really felt, actually, starting the project,
00:35 my first three scenes, I think, in the project were all sex scenes.
00:38 And I think I immediately sort of felt a level of comfort
00:44 and confidence and actually excitement that, like, this was,
00:48 this is George's currency.
00:49 I felt like I was really getting to know George
00:52 through those scenes in a way,
00:53 because this is how he operated in the world
00:56 and how he chose to dominate people often.
00:58 So it was actually quite exciting in a way.
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