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title: "Amanda Seyfried Wishes Intimacy Coordinators Were Present Earlier in Her Career"
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# Amanda Seyfried Wishes Intimacy Coordinators Were Present Earlier in Her Career
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> The Dropout star Amanda Seyfried reflected on some on-set moments from her career that she regrets. Find out what she had to say.
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**Amanda Seyfried** looks back at the early days of her career much differently now.

The **36-year-old** actress, who was nominated for an Emmy this year for her portrayal of **Elizabeth Holmes** in Hulu^/s *The Dropout*, recognizes how she sacrificed privacy for the sake of making those around her happy.

"Being 19, walking around without my underwear on—like, are you kidding me? How did I let that happen?" Seyfried said to ***Porter* magazine** on Aug. 7. "Oh, I know why: I was 19 and I didn^/t want to upset anybody and I wanted to keep my job. That^/s why."

Though Seyfried said she managed to remain "pretty unscathed" from the experience, she noted that things have progressed in a positive direction, with the publication noting, "In some ways, she wishes she could be coming up now, in an era where intimacy coordinators are an on-set requirement and actors are in a better position to speak up."

Seyfried got her big break in 2004^/s ***Mean Girls***, where she played the lovable and aloof **Karen Smith**.

The movie catapulted Seyfried to stardom, but in retrospect, one scene, in particular, does not sit well with her. Near the end of the movie, while Karen is giving a meteorology report, she says "There^/s a 30 percent chance it^/s already raining" while grabbing her breasts. 

"I always felt really grossed out by that," Seyfried told *Marie Claire* in May. "I was like 18 years old. It was just gross."

Seyfried^/s comments come at a time when the concept of intimacy coordinators is a hot topic. 

Former ***Game of Thrones*** star **Sean Bean** spoke out against the idea of intimacy coordinators—who are responsible for the safety and well-being of actors during scenes of a sexual nature on set—in an interview with the *Sunday Times*.

"It would inhibit me more because it^/s drawing attention to things," Bean said. "Somebody saying, ‘Do this, put your hands there, while you touch his thing…^/"

Bean pointed to one scene in particular with *Snowpiercer* co-star **Lena Hall**, which did not use an intimacy coordinator.

"Often the best work you do, where you^/re trying to push the boundaries, and the very nature of it is experimental, gets censored when TV companies or the advertisers say it^/s so much," he said of their scene. "It^/s a nice scene, quite surreal, dream-like and abstract."

Hall later responded, explaining why she didn^/t feel the need for the assistance of a coordinator.

"Sean is an awesome actor and made me feel not only comfortable but also like I had a true acting partner in those bizarre scenes," she explained. "It was us against the world and we were gonna tell that story."
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