of an intimacy co—ordinator? i met amanda blumenthal to find out. she's worked across hollywood on productions including the affair... sometimes i worry you're just a really great dream. ..the white lotus... so romantic! ..being the ricardos and euphoria. every time i feel good, i think it will last forever. the job of an intimacy co—ordinator is to create a safer environment on set for performers whenever they're doing scenes with intimate content — whether that's nudity, simulated sex, scenes where they're exposed, such as medical scenes, childbirth scenes, while also helping the director to realise their creative vision. just how sensitive a topic sex scenes are is illustrated by franco zeffirelli's 1968 film romeo and juliet. i have more care to stay than will to go. olivia hussey and leonard whiting, who played the teenage lovers and were 15 and 16 respectively at the time of filming, are suing paramount pictures. they allege they were coerced