Amanda Seyfried says she felt uncomfortable filming nude scenes at 19 but ‘wanted to keep my job’

Amanda Seyfried at the TIME 100 gala in New York City on June 8, 2022. Angela Weiss/Getty Images Amanda Seyfried recalled being uncomfortable filming nude scenes when she was just 19. Seyfried told Porter magazine that she only did it so she would be able to keep her job.

She added that she wished there were more intimacy coordinators when she got into the film industry. Amanda Seyfried admitted that she felt uncomfortable filming nude scenes when she was 19, but felt she had to do it to “keep my job. “Seyfried started off her acting career when she was 15 on soap operas before moving on to teen hits like “Mean Girls” and “Veronica Mars.

” During an interview with Porter magazine, Seyfried recalled her early years in acting and said she wished she was starting out now because intimacy coordinators are more common and actors can speak up about being uncomfortable about scenes. “Being 19, walking around without my underwear on – like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?” Seyfried said. “Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn’t want to upset anybody, and I wanted to keep my job.

That’s why. “She added that she came out of the pre-#MeToo era “pretty unscathed. “Amanda Seyfried was mouse for Halloween in “Mean Girls.

“Paramount PicturesIntimacy coordinators – professionals who help choreograph intimate scenes between actors — have only become  commonplace on some film sets in recent years. Several actors have recently spoken up about the change and how it has made them more comfortable filming sex scenes or nudity. “Outlander” star Sam Heughan and “Tomb Raider” star Alicia Vikander spoke earlier this year that they didn’t feel “supported” or “protected” when filming sex scenes without coordinators.

Earlier this week, “Game of Thrones” star Sean Bean told the UK’s Sunday Times that intimacy coordinators “spoil the spontaneity” on a set during sex scenes. “It would inhibit me more because it’s drawing attention to things,” Bean said. “Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing.

. . ‘ I think the natural way lovers behave would be ruined by someone bringing it right down to a technical exercise.

“”West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler, “The Good Place” actor Jameela Jamil, and even Bean’s “Snowpiercer” costar Lena Hall responded to Bean’s comments, defending the use of intimacy coordinators. Hall, who was mentioned by Bean in the Sunday Times interview as someone who was “up for anything” due to her theater experience, clarified on Twitter that she felt “comfortable” around Bean but she had no issue asking for an intimacy coordinator if she ever felt “weird, gross, over exposed etc. “—Lena Hall (@LenaRockerHall) August 8, 2022 “Just because I am in theater (not cabaret, but I do perform them every once in a while) does not mean that I am up for anything,” Hall wrote.

“Seriously does depend on the other actor, the scene we are about to do, the director, and whatever crew has to be in there to film it. “The actor continued: “I do feel that intimacy coordinators are a welcome addition to the set and think they could also help with the trauma experienced in other scenes. “Read the original article on Insider.