Richard Gere Doesn’t Think Intimacy Coordinators Would Have Worked in the ’80s

Since the #MeToo movement began in the late 2010s, a new person has been added to the crew of many films and television shows that include love scenes or nudity: the intimacy coordinator, who works with actors and filmmakers to plot out comfortable levels of contact and exposure in those scenes.

Some actors swear by intimacy coordinators, with Dakota Johnson and Michelle Williams praising their work on “Materialists” and “Dying for Sex” recently. Some prefer not to use them, a decision...