Over the decades in Hollywood, there have been no shortage of stories of actors feeling pressured to strip naked or perform simulated sex acts to keep their jobs in a very competitive field.

But after the dawn of the Me Too movement in 2017, producers began hiring for the newly created role of intimacy coordinators.

A coordinator’s primary mission is to work with directors and producers to ensure actors feel more comfortable with any scene involving kissing, nudity or simulated sex. They will suggest closing sets to limit the number of crew during a sex scene. They choreograph movements in bed. They will sometimes play therapist with actors placed in sensitive situations.

But misconceptions still abound over what they do.

“People, especially men, crack jokes about it,” said Kristina

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