The industry’s powerful "old guard"—producers and directors who have been in power since the 70s and 80s—built their empires on studio systems where actresses were treated as commodities. Even today, conversations about "chemistry" often mean a male producer judging a young actress’s willingness to perform physically intimate scenes, including simulated acts, without proper intimacy coordinators.
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