Posted 54 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down19 Famous People Revealed Why They Prefer (Or Prefer Not) To Work With Intimacy Coordinators"They asked us if we wanted an intimacy coordinator. I'm from the olden days, so I was like, 'What does that mean?'" said Jennifer Aniston.by Lauren GarafanoBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Some examples include mention of sexual assault. Within recent years, more and more TV shows and movies have begun employing intimacy coordinators, who are trained to work with directors, choreographers, and actors while planning out sex scenes. This way, every actor's well-being and comfort level is at the forefront and they can have safer on-set experiences. Liam Daniel / LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX And while many actors are extremely grateful for these dedicated advisors, there are still some actors who prefer to go without one. Here are 19 celebs who've spoken pretty candidly about their thoughts on intimacy coordinators: 1. Toni Collette revealed that in the past, she had asked intimacy coordinators to leave because she found they were making her more anxious. "I think it's only been a couple of times where they've been brought in, and I have very much trusted and felt at ease with the people I was working with," Toni told the Times. "It felt like those people who were brought in to make me feel more at ease were actually making me feel more anxious. They weren't helping, so I asked them to leave." (C)Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection She added, "I've been very fortunate in that I've only worked with a few arseholes over the several decades that I've managed to keep this boat afloat." 2. Florence Pugh shared that she's had both good and bad experiences with intimacy coordinators. "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," she told host Louis Theroux on his podcast. "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." A24 /Courtesy Everett Collection "That being said," she 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 explained a time "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," she said. 3. Gwyneth Paltrow was happy to ask the Marty Supreme intimacy coordinator to take a step back. "I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie. There's a lot- a lot. There's now something called an intimacy coordinator, which I did not know existed," she said. "We said, 'I think we're good. You can step a little bit back. I don't know how it is for kids who are starting out, but... if someone is like, 'Okay, and then he's going to put his hand here'... I would feel, as an artist, very stifled by that." A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection 4. Mikey Madison decided to go against having an intimacy coordinator on the set of Anora. "For our film, it was a choice that I made," Mikey explained during an interview with Variety. "The filmmakers offered me, if I wanted, an intimacy coordinator." Neon /Courtesy Everett Collection She continued, "Mark Eydelshteyn, who plays Ivan, and I decided it would be best to just keep it small. My character is a sex worker, and I had seen Sean's films and know his dedication to authenticity. I was ready for it. As an actress, I approached it as a job." 5. Jennifer Lawrence revealed that she and Robert Pattinson didn't work with an intimacy coordinator while filming Die My Love. "We did not have [an intimacy coordinator], or maybe we did but we didn't really ... I felt really safe with Rob." MUBI /Courtesy Everett Collection "He is not pervy and very in love with [partner] Suki [Waterhouse]," she said. "We mostly were just talking about our kids and relationships. There was never any weird, like, 'Does he think I like him?' If there was a little bit of that, I would probably have an intimacy coordinator. A lot of male actors get offended if you don't want to fuck them, and then the punishment starts. He was not like that." 6. Emma Stone has emphasized the importance of having an intimacy coordinator on set, following the filming of Poor Things. "I don't think having an intimacy coordinator is even a choice anymore," she said. "I think in the past five years, the industry has changed a lot for the better." Searchlight Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection "Having her there felt like having both