Chela Hunter

Yeah, I think the show is very joyful.

Like, even though, of course, these characters all struggle with different things, you know, within society and their families and whatever, that ultimately the show is celebrating, like, queer love, queer joy, queer sex.

Like, that type of, like, positivity, I think, within a narrative is so...

contagious and alluring and attractive, like it's this kind of like magnetic, romantic, embodied, sensual, sexual, but also like personal and emotional connection with another person, I think is like the romantic relationship or connection that a ton, if not all people desire, you know, in their life.

And so to see it

fulfilled in such a like visceral and complex way.

Yeah, I think people are really attracted to that because we all kind of like crave that on some level, you know?

My main priority is to ensure that any intimacy, nudity, or hyperexposure, anything that can kind of fall under the umbrella or rainbow of intimacy, which can include a lot of different things, to ensure that any of that content within a narrative, the way that that action plays out is being fully consented to.

by anyone who's participating in it and that additionally that then the rest of the team the production knows what has been consented to and what the actor's boundaries and consent levels are so that the job gets done and the story gets told in a way that's also honoring everyone's boundaries how do you get started in that line of work and how do you train for it i i

Was an actor for a long time and still am.

I did a ton of intimacy in my career.

Like I did a ton of intimacy and a good amount of nudity as a performer.

And I would say somewhere around when the role started to emerge and then gain popularity, I had people in my community reach out to ask me if I would...

be the intimacy coordinator on a project that they were doing.

And so I did that for a web series for a friend of mine and did a bunch of research, you know, and tried to come as prepared as possible.

But after I did that project, I went and did all this training with intimacy directors and coordinators who are based out of New York.

And so I guess after that moment, I became interested in it.

I guess because I'd had a lot of experiences, to be honest, where I didn't have an intimacy coordinator.

I think it shapes it a great deal in that I am able to go into the perspective of the actor.

I have an awareness around what their process is.