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Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Liam Neeson jokes that his favourite part of making The Naked Gun was filming 'sex scenes' with co-star Pamela Anderson
Liam Neeson has joked that his favourite part of making The Naked Gun was filming 'the sex scenes' with his co-star Pamela Anderson. Fans have not been quite sure of the status of the co-stars' relationship after he said he 'loved' her earlier this year - ahead of the new film being released on August 1. And now Liam has joked about their intimate scenes as The Sun reports the pair were given an intimacy co-ordinator on set. The star explained: 'I'd never had one before. But she was in the background. There was no kind of, 'OK! Excuse me!'. Pamela portrays a nightclub singer, who comes to Police Squad for help following the murder of her brother, in Akiva Schaffer's slapstick comedy continuation. Pamela added that the intimacy co-ordinator knew when to walk away and joked that she stormed off, with Liam claiming she threw her hands up in the air and said, 'I can't take this! This is too hot for me. I'm going for coffee'. Last week Pamela set the record straight on romance rumours between the pair as the Baywatch queen posed for Entertainment Weekly for their digital cover. And unfortunately there is no romance yet. 'I think I have a friend forever in Liam,' she said. 'And we definitely have a connection that is very sincere, very loving, and he's a good guy.' Neeson, 73, stars in the film as as Los Angeles Police Squad detective Frank Drebin Jr., son of Nielson's Frank Drebin. It comes after in October Neeson said he was 'madly in love' with the Playboy cover girl. 'She's just terrific to work with,' Neeson told People. 'I can't compliment her enough, I'll be honest with you. No huge ego. She just comes in to do the work. She's funny and so easy to work with. She's going to be terrific in the film.' 'Our chemistry was clear from the start. We have the utmost respect for one another,' Anderson told EW last month. 'I invited him and his assistant over for romantic dinners with me and my assistant so our relationship stayed "professionally romantic" during filming.' Pamela portrays a nightclub singer, who comes to Police Squad for help following the murder of her brother, in Akiva Schaffer's slapstick comedy continuation The Canadian-American beauty and Liam bonded over their shared 'love of literature and a good laugh' and she regularly left cookies, muffins, and homebaked sourdough bread in his dressing room. 'I am in awe of him, his experience, and work ethic. I soaked him in like a sponge,' Pamela gushed. 'I'm hoping people love it. We had so much fun making it. I think it's timely for a beloved comedy like this. I'm a fan of the originals. As Liam says, "We could all use a good giggle." I pray we do more.' And the feeling was definitely mutual for Neeson, who gushed to People last October: 'I'm madly in love with her. No huge ego. She just comes in to do the work. She's funny and so easy to work with. She's going to be terrific in the film.' The Naked Gun - hitting US/UK theaters August 1 - also features Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Busta Rhymes, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, and Eddie Yu. Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker wrote and directed the original trilogy spanning 1988-1994, which amassed a total $476.4M at the global box office, following the short-lived ABC series Police Squad in 1982. The Oscar-nominated actor is technically five years older than original Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen was when he shot the third film. Anderson previously worked with the late funnyman - who died, age 84, in 2010 - in Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Superhero Movie (2008), but they did not share any scenes together. This September, the Sonsie Skin co-founder will fly to England to shoot a mystery role in Sally Potter's upcoming funeral drama Alma alongside Dakota Fanning and Lindsay Duncan. In April, Pamela was in Australia filming her role as two-time divorcée Molly in Kornél Mundruczó's upcoming drama Place to Be alongside Ellen Burstyn and Taika Waititi. Last September, Anderson was hard at work on the Spanish set of Karim Aïnouz's dark satire Rosebush Pruning for Mubi alongside Elle Fanning, Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, and Lukas Gage. The 15-time Playboy cover girl experienced a full-blown career resurgence last year after starring in Gia Coppola's drama The Last Showgirl, which earned her Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations.
News.com.au
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Girls star shares unexpected sex scene detail about raunchy series
Allison Williams is getting candid on the behind-the-scenes of Girls. The hit HBO drama ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, and while the actress, 37, 'loves' intimacy co-ordinators, there wasn't one involved in the series. 'We didn't have them yet on Girls,' Williams said while on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast on Tuesday. Podcast host Amanda Hirsch asked, 'It wasn't the time for that?' to which Williams, who starred as Marnie, replied, 'It definitely was, but we didn't have them.' 'We had so many sex scenes to prep and work through,' she explained. 'It would have been so helpful to have someone who's department head of sex scenes.' The show was created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, with Williams retelling a moment on set where the writers performed a scene she had to do with her on-screen love interest, Ebon Moss-Bachrach. 'I have this picture of Lena and Jenni acting out the moment where Desi was going down on me — eating my a**e — and I have a picture of them where I think it's Jenni is leaning over a windowsill and Lena is leaning behind her like smiling being like, 'This is what we picture,'' Williams recounted. 'And I was like, 'Great!' but they were busy. That should have been someone else's job.' Dunham, 39, who played Hannah on the series, previously expressed her feelings about not having an intimacy co-ordinator on set. She told Metro UK in 2022, 'I know as an actor sometimes you feel anxious going to the director with a concern, even if you really like them, you just don't want to be the party pooper – you just have your own self consciousness and to have a person there who is devoted to that dialogue and your comfort, I mean, I would have loved to have it on Girls.' 'When you're the director and the actor at the same time, and the writer, you're trying to hit all those marks, and also make sure everyone has what they need, it's just too much for one person,' she detailed. 'I'm just so happy that we're reaching a time where sets in general are a more carefully monitored thing.' Girls followed the complicated lives of friends and couples. It also starred Jemima Kirke (Jessa), Zosia Mamet (Shoshanna), Adam Driver (Adam) and Andrew Rannells (Elijah). Looking back at the series, which became a household name, Dunham shared, 'Something I'm really proud of, is I look at this show, and we all started when we were between 22 and 25. It would have been very easy for all of us to go, 'Yeah, we're just going to fashion shows and taking free trips to St. Barth's,' but these women have made a really strong commitment to use their platform for something powerful. No one has used this new attention just to acquire handbags.' These days, Dunham is back to creating, having just worked on the British Netflix rom-com series, Too Much, which debuts on the streaming platform on July 10. Williams, meanwhile, is starring in M3GAN 2.0, a horror/sci-fi movie about a lifelike artificial intelligence doll. The actress also serves as a producer on the film. The daughter of journalist Brian Williams and producer Jane Stoddard Williams recently got candid about working on Girls and the nepo baby movement while promoting the new project. 'Aside from all the many layers of privilege, high on the list is the fact that I could pursue a career in acting without being worried that I wasn't going to be able to feed myself,' Williams told the Guardian in an interview published on Monday. 'I had been surrounded by people who did what I wanted to do.' Her parents, however, insisted she finish her education before stepping into the industry. 'I'm grateful that my parents didn't cave,' Williams, who received a degree in English from Yale, added. 'And that I didn't make my way into this business any sooner than I did, because already, at 23, when Girls came out, that was a lot to process.' When asked about a possible Girls reunion, Williams said she would 'love it.' 'I know that Zosia has been pushing for a spin-off, which I would voraciously consume and try to elbow my way into,' she confessed. 'I kind of want us all back together. It was so fun and it was the beginning of my career, so I didn't have the perspective I have now on just how lucky we were, or to know how unusual a creative experience it was.'
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Richard Gere on Actors Planning Sex Scenes Without Intimacy Coordinators: ‘In the '80s We Were Comfortable That Way'
In the past 10 years or so, intimacy coordinators have become a go-to role in film sets where love scenes are being filmed. The urgency of having them on set greatly increased in the wake of the #MeToo movement that rocked Hollywood in late 2017. But some who've been working in the industry for quite some time have been skeptical of their utility. Sean Bean, for one, said that he thought intimacy coordinators ruined the 'spontaneity' and 'chemistry' between actors. Now Richard Gere has joined their ranks. In an interview with The Wrap about the Paramount+ spy series 'The Agency,' Gere spoke alongside his fellow actors on the show Michael Fassbender, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Jeffrey Wright. Fassbender and Turner-Smith play lovers, and both actors strongly endorsed the role of their intimacy coordinator on set. More from IndieWire David S. Goyer Says Warner Bros. Execs Were Upset It Takes an Hour to See Christian Bale in the Batsuit in 'Batman Begins' Allison Williams Loves How a Particular 'Girls' Meme Took on New Life with the HBO Max Rebrand Fassbender said, 'A lot of the time, directors won't say what they want you to do and you're left to your own devices. But it's kind of like doing a fight sequence now. It's like, 'OK, are you comfortable with me touching your breast or ass?' Or whatever it is. The guidelines are down and then you can shoot super fast.' To that, Turner-Smith added that intimacy coordinators 'should just be there for [actors], like a stunt coordinator. You would not do an unrehearsed stunt.' The Wrap's interviewer Steve Pond then noted to Gere how different this approach is from when the actor was in a number of steamy movies such as 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and 'American Gigolo.' 'I don't think it would have worked then, to tell you the truth,' Gere said, noting that he's never had Fassbender's experience with directors who give no more direction for sex scenes than 'Off you go, guys.' Fassbender also said that he had never felt comfortable discussing the choreography of sex scenes with his scene partner beforehand, and that having the intermediary of the intimacy coordinator helps. 'See, in the '80s we were comfortable that way,' Gere then said, about discussing the mechanics of a sex scene with the actor you're having the scene with. It's an intriguing moment in the interview, and it speaks greatly to how things have changed on set in the past decade. That said, there are still some rising actors who have elected to go without intimacy coordinators. Mikey Madison caused a stir by refusing a intimacy coordinator for her many sex scenes in 'Anora.' 'I was always comfortable, and I also think because Ani was too,' Madison said last fall to The New York Times. 'To me it was never a thought in my head to be nervous or anything.' Her director, Sean Baker, said that he feels intimacy coordinators should be there on a case-by-case basis. Famously, for 'Anora,' he and his wife Samantha Quan acted out the intimate scenes in question for Madison and her scene partners in the best picture winning film before the cameras started rolling. For Gere's part, he has an echo in Michael Douglas, who has said he thinks intimacy coordinators on set are another way to 'take control away from filmmakers.' Meanwhile, Kim Basinger said, 'I can't imagine having somebody come up to me and say, 'Do you mind if they put their hand here?'' And director Mia Hansen-Love suggested intimacy coordinators are 'virtue police.' On the other hand, Michelle Williams found the experience of working with one to be 'extremely worthwhile.' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dakota Johnson Speaks Out About Past Sex Scenes That 'Did Not Feel Good'
Dakota Johnson has revealed how working with an intimacy coordinator on her new film made for a refreshing change. The Madame Web star is currently promoting her much-hyped new rom-com Materialists, which is in cinemas now in the US, but on this side of the Atlantic, we still have to wait a few more months for it. Speaking to Amy Poehler on her podcast Good Hang, Dakota spoke about how Materialists marked the first time she ever worked with an intimacy coordinator on set to help choreograph sex scenes. 'She was really great,' the Bafta nominee enthused. 'It was so cool because I'm so used to – you know, it's a sex scene. It's not sexy. It doesn't feel good.' Dakota also pointed out there were 'no intimacy coordinators' when she and Jamie Dornan were shooting their sex scenes for the Fifty Shades trilogy, which told the story of a young couple embroiled in a BDSM-centric relationship. Intimacy coordinators were widely introduced on the sets of films and TV shows in the wake of the Me Too movement, intended to help actors feel more comfortable and in control while filming more intimate scenes. Since they became a prominent part of filmmaking, they've sparked a range of interesting takes from different prolific actors. The stars of shows like Bridgerton, I May Destroy You, Sex Education and the Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon have spoken favourably about working with intimacy coordinators. Kate Winslet has admitted she wishes they had been prevalent in the early years of her career, while Emma Thompson has also spoken out in support of them. However, Gwyneth Paltrow said she felt the presence of intimacy coordinators had the potential to be 'stifling', while both Toni Collette and recent Oscar winner Mikey Madison turned down the offer to work with an intimacy coordinator on projects in the last few years. This Is How Dakota Johnson Really Feels About Madame Web A Year Later Dakota Johnson Soldiers On After Talk Show Wardrobe Malfunction In The Most Dakota Johnson Way Possible Dakota Johnson Opens Up About Why Appearing In The Office Was The 'Worst Experience' Of Her Life
Daily Mail
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rivals author Jilly Cooper weighs in on intimacy coordinators after Danny Dyer says new series has so many sex scenes it 'hired every coach in the UK'
Rivals author Jilly Cooper has weighed in on intimacy coordinators being used for the Disney+ show following Danny Dyer 's recent comments. The actor said there is so much bonking in Rivals 2 – which is currently filming - that they have hired every intimacy coach in the UK. But Jilly - who wrote the 1988 novel - is bemused by the growth of the on-set sex-scene coach. She told The Times: 'In my day when people were acting they just used to jump on each other and roll around without having anyone telling them what to do,' 'I suppose the world's changed, hasn't it?' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Had she been an actress rather than author, Jilly said she would not have been comfortable with having an intimacy co-ordinator choreographing her sex scenes. She added: 'I'd be very embarrassed. I wouldn't like it myself - but then no one has any fun any more, do they?' Her comments come after Danny says there is so much bonking in Rivals 2 – which is currently filming - that they have hired every intimacy coach in the UK. Dyer, who plays Freddie Jones in the show, which also stars David Tennant, Emily Attack and Alex Hassell, said: 'We are doing 12 episodes of Rivals and we are filming until March next year. 'It is brilliant but it is a mad thing to do a sex scene. 'If you think about it you are legally allowed to tongue someone else. It is part of your job. Depending on your partner. It is OK if you fancy it, I am not going to lie.' He added: 'On Rivals there are a lot of intimacy coaches. I think we used every intimacy coach in the land.' In the smash hit Disney + show, based on the novel by Jilly, Dyer played self-made businessman Freddie Jones who goes into business with Rupert Campbell-Black, played by Alex Hassell and Declan O'Hara played by Aidan Turner. In the show Jones falls in love with romance author Lizzie Vereker, played by actress Katherine Parkinson. The initial run was eight episodes but Disney + have asked for more this time around. Dyer's performance as Jones has been hailed as bringing heart to the frothy, pulpy show, which has led to a reassessment of him as an actor, following his long-running stint in EastEnders. He was awarded a Bafta last month for his performance in Mr Bigstuff. He told Esquire magazine: 'People saw me in a different light[in Rivals], and it came out just after Mr. Bigstuff, which, for once, shows a bit of versatility, because Lee is so different to Freddie. 'I've made a lot mistakes over the years. I've said yes to a lot of jobs I probably shouldn't have, probably because I was driven by the dollar – I had bills to pay and kids in private schools. 'Now, I'm at a stage where I have loads of offers that I've got the power to say no to. I think I'll be defined by what I say no to, and it's really exciting for me.' On stage at the Baftas where he won the award to Best Male Performance in a Comedy he said: 'What a touch! Comedy performance. I thought my acting was so bad it was funny. I want to thank Sky for giving our show a shot. F***ing hell, I'm choked up. 'I got to dedicate this to (Mr Bigstuff writer) Ryan Sampson. One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham. Which is not saying much. 'But one of the best actors this country's ever produced, I'm telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say. He wrote this part for me, so you know... I'm getting choked up again, f**k me.'
