In a recent interview with The Sun about the 18+ horror film "Babygirl", actress Nicole Kidman attracted attention when she revealed that she was so tired while filming the hot scene that she was almost exhausted and had to pause while the camera was still running.
The film is said to be Nicole Kidman's hottest performance ever. In it, the female director she plays has a relationship with her husband (Antonio Banderas) and a young lover (Harris Dickinson).
Despite the fatigue and pressure of filming many hot scenes, Nicole was not afraid to challenge herself and was interested in this film. The actress said that the main reason she was able to act out hot scenes well was the female director Halina and the good cooperation of her two male co-stars.
In addition, there is also the indispensable help from the hot scene coordinator. Although rarely mentioned, they are the ones who contribute to the success of romantic, hot scenes.
Official hot scene coordinator is known as the bridge between actors, directors and producers, and is also the person who listens to the stars' feelings during the filming of sensitive scenes.
"We help coordinate any scene that involves simulated sexual acts, nudity or vulnerability," Amy Northrup, a sex scene coordinator for film and television in New York City, told CBS News.
Sex coordinator is a relatively new and growing field. The first production to feature a sex coordinator was the HBO film "The Deuce" (2017), starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film depicts the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
There are currently more than 100 certified sex coordinators working on film and television sets. Their salaries are roughly the same as those of stunt coordinators.
Accordingly, the minimum wage they achieve is 1,500 USD/day (about 38 million VND). On average, a hot scene coordinator earns from 60,000 - 90,000 USD/year (about 1.5-2.3 billion VND).
Not only actors, producers and directors also have to rely on hot scene coordinators to be guided to realistically depict "weak" moments on screen, including scenes of a person giving birth, breastfeeding, gynecological examinations or a person in a wheelchair taking a bath...
"Anything that requires people to be in a vulnerable, exposed state is where sex coordinators can help," Northrup told CBS News.
Much of the work Northup and her colleagues do happens before the cameras start rolling. She talks to the director and actors about camera angles, where they want the actors' bodies to be exposed on screen, and more.
Northrup said her job is not to be a "sex police" but to make sure actors feel as comfortable, as safe and as informed as possible before performing intimate scenes that involve nudity, or sensitive, skin-to-skin contact with their co-stars.
"Sex scenes are often written into the script as 'they make love' or 'they jump into each other'. For one director, that might mean they kiss, fall on the bed, and the camera looks away. But for another director, it might mean the camera is on them, and they're filming a really detailed moment," she says.
In addition, the hot scene coordinator also has to ensure the safety of the actors in collision. Or interesting safety things like, a coordinator has to remind the actor not to eat peanuts, if the co-star in the kissing scene with him is allergic to this food.
