“Behind the Scenes Scandal: Hollywood Intimacy Coordinator Exposes Shocking Footage Controversy Involving Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni”
An intimacy coordinator weighed in on Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s dance scene
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“The first thing is that he is trying to kiss her, and they clearly haven’t discussed that ahead of time, and she keeps pulling away and clearly doesn’t want to do that,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
The scene in question is described in the script as “Lily and Ryle slow dance in the bar. Patrons around them drinking and watching sports. Completely in their own world,” and there is no mention of kissing.
However, the actor “just went for it. She pulled away, and then he did it again.”
His failure to communicate is “pretty damning, both as an actor and director,” Schachter stressed.
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Schachter doesn’t believe either of the actors are lying. Instead, she attributes the conflict to professional disagreements about what the scene should have looked like.
“I think they’re both talking from their own experience. They are really strongly disagreeing about things like professionalism, etiquette, what’s appropriate, what’s not, what it means to be an actor.”
The expert said an intimacy coordinator typically wouldn’t be present on set during that scene because there is no physical intimacy in the script. If one was present, they would ensure the rules were clearly communicated.
“This is the kind of touch that is on the table. Nothing else is; we’re not going to bring anything into the scene that we haven’t discussed prior.”
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