'Young Sheldon' Star Emily Osment Requested an Intimacy Coordinator
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Emily Osment requested an intimacy coordinator on "Young Sheldon" due to discomfort with kissing scenes involving co-star Montana Jordan, who was 18 while she was 30 during filming.
- The show initially lacked an intimacy coordinator for these scenes, leading to awkwardness, but one was brought in for subsequent episodes to ease the actors' discomfort.
- Director Alex Reid admitted the production "dropped the ball" on managing the kissing scenes, highlighting the challenge of filming intimate moments between actors who had just met.
- Co-creator Steve Molaro supported Osment's request and noted she eventually became comfortable performing without an intimacy coordinator.
- The characters played by Osment and Jordan now star in their own show, "Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage," despite initial network concerns about the significant age gap in their fictional relationship.
