Jane Fonda Gets Honest About What Sex Scenes Were Like Before Intimacy Coordinators

Jane Fonda says she wishes intimacy coordinators had existed earlier in her career.

Speaking to Women’s Wear Daily at the Cannes Film Festival last week, the legendary actor praised the safety protocols now in place on film sets following the #MeToo movement.

“Every time you begin a movie, you have training, what to do if there’s a problem,” Jane said. “That never happened back in my day.”

She then turned her attention to intimacy coordinators, the professionals who ensure sex scenes are handled with care, consent and respect.

“I wish that we had them when I was doing sex scenes,” Jane said. “Because it’s hard ... to say to a guy you’re supposed to look like you’re in love with, ‘Please don’t uncover my breast on the left side’. You don’t do that, right?”

The Oscar winner has previously opened up about the discomfort of navigating intimate scenes in a male-dominated industry.

In 2023, she told The Hollywood Reporter that having an intimacy coordinator on set would have been a game-changer for her when she was a young actor.

“What a difference it would’ve made in terms of my comfort,” Jane said at the time. “I missed out on that one. It’s hard even to describe the difference when you’re the only [woman] on a set, literally the only.”