Allison Williams says Girls didnt have an intimacy coordinator for sex scenes: Would have been helpful

Allison Williams is getting candid on the behind-the-scenes of “Girls.”The hit HBO drama ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, and while the actress, 37, “loves” intimacy coordinators, there wasn’t one involved in the series.“We didn’t have them yet on ‘Girls,’” Williams said while on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast on Tuesday.Podcast host Amanda Hirsch asked, “It wasn’t the time for that?” to which Williams, who starred as Marnie, replied, “It definitely was, but we didn’t have them.”“We had so many sex scenes to prep and work through,” she explained.“It would have been so helpful to have someone who’s department head of sex scenes.” The show was created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, with Williams retelling a moment on set where the writers performed a scene she had to do with her on-screen love interest, Ebon Moss-Bachrach.“I have this picture of Lena and Jenni acting out the moment where Desi was going down on me — eating my ass — and I have a picture of them where I think it’s Jenni is leaning over a windowsill and Lena is leaning behind her like smiling being like, ‘This is what we picture,’” Williams recounted.

“And I was like, ‘Great!’ but they were busy.That should have been someone else’s job.” Dunham, 39, who played Hannah on the series, previously expressed her feelings about not having an intimacy coordinator on set.She told Metro UK in 2022, “I know as an actor sometimes you feel anxious going to the director with a concern, even if you really like them, you just don’t want to be the party pooper – you just have your own self consciousness and to have a person there who is devoted to that dialogue and your comfort, I mean, I would have loved to have it on ‘Girls.'”“When you’re the director and the actor at the same time, and the writer, you’re trying to hit all those marks, and also make sure everyone has what they need, it’s just too much for...