Florence Pugh is wading into the intimacy coordinator debate.

The "Little Women" actress, 29, said during a Nov. 11 appearance on "The Louis Theroux Podcast" that intimacy coordinators, a newish addition to Hollywood sets to ensure actors feel safe while filming sex scenes, only sometimes hit the mark.

"It's not to get in the way, it's not to confuse, it's not to make things more complicated or make things more awkward," Pugh told host Louis Theroux. "It's simply to make sure that everybody is happy with what they're creating and also that you're creating things that have meaning to them."

"I've had good ones and bad ones. I did a lot of my sex scenes before that was even a job, and I think I'm quite confident and quite happy in my skin, and I've always been able to make sure that I'm heard," she continued.

"That being said," the "Midsommar" actress added, "there are plenty of things that I remember where it was just completely inappropriate to have asked me to do that, to have directed me in that way."

She went on to describe a not-so-savory example "where someone just made it so weird and so awkward and really wasn't helpful and kind of was just like wanting to be a part of the set in a way that wasn't helpful, and I think it's a job that's still figuring itself out."

"My view is changing about it as well, because I'm now having fantastic experiences with intimacy coordinators," Pugh said, joining a growing chorus of actresses making their feelings about the position known.

Intimacy coordinators are traditionally hired for scenes involving nudity, simulated sex or other intimate scenes. They act as the buffer between actors and production, choreographing physical interactions and advocating for performers through comfort and boundaries on set.

As long as those boundaries don't need to be set with the coordinator themself, Pugh implied, it can be a great addition.

"When I worked with a fantastic coordinator, I was like: 'Oh, this is what I've been missing,' understanding the dance of intimacy, as opposed to just shooting a sex scene," she said.

Contributing: Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY

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