Intimacy Coordinator Sita Thomas has been mentioned in Hollywood Reporter by ‘Believe Me’ actress Aasiya Shah.
“[Aasiya] Shah shared what it was like working with Sita Thomas, the intimacy coordinator on ‘Believe Me’. “Working with Sita and building that relationship with her, even before we started shooting, really was such a gift,” she said. “We were so lucky to have her because if we had any worries or things that we weren’t comfortable with, that went through Sita. That created a safe bubble.”
The actress also loved that Thomas and a fight coordinator jointly “mapped out what the choreography was going to be before they came in and talked us through. They worked together before coming to speak to me and Danny. We had a couple of chances to rehearse it, get it in our bodies, and then we just did it, and I felt safe. Obviously, I trusted Danny.”
All in all, the setup “just made that experience feel seamless and took the pressure off,” Shah shared. “Because obviously these are key moments, even though they’re very brief and we don’t see too much, but they’re obviously key to our story.””
“[Aimée-Ffion] Edwards highlighted the importance of having intimacy coordinators even for scenes outside the taxi. “What is so brilliant about having an intimacy coordinator is that there’s an acknowledgement that some scenes, and they don’t have to be physical, feel intimate,” she said. “In this case, the examination scenes in lots of ways were actually, I think, more intimate than the stuff in the taxi.””
‘Believe Me’ is available now on ITV, with Costume Design by Zoe Howerska, episodes Edited by Alex Fountain and Intimacy Coordinator Sita Thomas.