Olivia Cooke , the British actress who stars as Alicent Hightower in HBO ‘s Game of Thrones spin-off series House of the Dragon , has lamented women being shamed for setting boundaries in sex scenes.

In an interview with The i Paper , Cooke said actresses “often get labelled ‘difficult’ or ‘a bitch’ for speaking up” when they are uncomfortable with intimate performances.

Cooke, who is promoting Robin Wright’s upcoming Amazon Prime Video series The Girlfriend , said the industry had changed for the better now that intimacy coordinators have become commonplace on set.

“It’s amazing to me that people had to just fudge their way through those scenes before those people existed,” the Ready Player One star said.

Cooke said good intimacy coordinators become a “voice” for women

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