Michael Douglas explains why he doesn’t like intimacy coordinators

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to The Telegraph, Douglas said the safeguarding practice feels “like executives taking control away from filmmakers” but acknowledged “faux pas and harassment” in Hollywood. It’s very slow but looks like it’s happening organically, which is hopefully what good acting looks like.” open image in gallery ‘Basic Instinct’ actor Michael Douglas has revealed he dislikes intimacy coordinators being on film sets The Oscar winner, who is best known for erotic thrillers such as Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, said he and his co-stars “seemed to take care of ourselves” when actors “overstepped boundaries”. The actor added he’d recently spoken to the “ladies” he did “sexual movies” with, such as Basic Instinct co-star Sharon Stone and Fatal Attraction’s Glenn Close, about his conduct on set. “We joke about it now, what it would have been like to have an intimacy coordinator working with us,” he said, adding he is now “past the age” to film sex scenes.