07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Intimacy coordinators say celebrity pushback misses the bigger picture
When Alicia Rodis walked onto the set of HBO's 'The Deuce' in 2018, she instantly made history as the first-ever intimacy coordinator on a major U.S. production.
The gritty drama, which explores the rise and legalization of pornography in America, had already completed its first season without her. But after cast member Emily Meade advocated for better onset protections amid the entertainment industry's reckoning with sexual misconduct, Rodis joined the production — pioneering what is a now-booming profession.
