Outlander is officially back, and leading man Sam Heughan has assured fans that the sixth season will feature even more of the show’s trademark steamy love scenes. In a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, he also revealed that he and his co-star Caitriona Balfe used an intimacy coordinator while filming those moments.
“An intimacy advisor is kind of a more common practice now in the industry,” Heughan explained. “When we started, we were totally green. You know, in your career, you’ve had to do similar stuff. As an actor or actress, you’re kind of just thrown in the deep end. And we were, and we sort of found our way through it together, and we’ve supported each other through it. But actually bringing someone on board means we’re all more supported. We can find new ways to, I guess, be more intimate and to add more to those scenes. So I think it’s a really welcome addition… Let’s just all get an intimacy advisor, right?”
Just a couple of years ago, the way that sex scenes were filmed was essentially at the discretion of the director, leaving performers feeling uncomfortable, vulnerable, and even unsafe. Intimacy advisors are there to help solve that problem. “We’re not there to police,” says Alicia Rodis, an intimacy coordinator who has worked on hot-and-heavy scenes across HBO shows like The Deuce, Crashing and Watchmen.“We are another presence in the room to help coordinate the conversations.”
It stands to reason that the racier the nature of the show, the more pertinent it will be for the cast to work with a coach who can ensure that not only are they supported, but also creating verisimilitude without crossing any lines. Adam Demos, who played Brad in Netflix’s explicit drama Sex/Life, said that the process of filming that show’s fully nude scenes was incredibly collaborative.
“We would have an intimacy coordinator and everyone would speak about it and their comfort levels,” he explained. “You would rehearse it so much that by the time you did it, it was a lot more comfortable than you’d assume. You discuss everything: hand movements, everything down to the breath. In sex scenes, the breathing is an emotional thing, so you’re discussing that journey, but then you’re also discussing each individual’s comfort level.”
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