Alicia Vikander Says She Felt Unprotected Filming Certain Nude Scenes
Alicia Vikander has opened up about feeling unprotected on set during nude scenes. The 33-year-old Swedish actress, has recently been cast as Catherine Parr in the Tudor-era thriller, Firebrand. Vikander has starred in numerous films in her career thus far, with one of her most well-known recent roles being Lara Croft in Tomb Raider and its upcoming sequel.
Vikander began her career at the age of 14 in 2008, acting in various short films and minor television roles in Sweden,long before intimacy coordinators became key crew members. She came to international attention for her roles in the 2014 film, Ex-Machina,and later 2015's The Danish Girl opposite Eddie Redmayne, the latter of which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She recently wrapped filming on the upcoming HBO remake of Irma Vep, which will itself deal with the topic of intimacy coordinators on set.
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In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Vikander discussed the experience of shooting intimate scenes. She praised the work of the intimacy coordinators, who are now common in the industry, while expressing her disappointment that they weren't an industry standard sooner. Though she didn't name any specific films, she mentioned one troubling incident where an actor was left without a robe on set for hours. Read what Vikander said below:
«The only thing that can’t be improvised is an intimate scene – you have to make choreography and stick to it. It’s the worst thing ever to do those scenes. I am very comfortable with my body and I’ve done quite a bit of nudity and sex scenes, but it’s never easy. [Intimacy coaches] should have existed at the beginning of my career. I’ve been in
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