Allison Williams says ‘Girls’ didn’t have an intimacy coordinator

Allison Williams is getting candid on the behind-the-scenes of “Girls.”

The hit HBO drama ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017, and while the actress, 37, “loves” intimacy coordinators, there wasn’t one involved in the series.

“We didn’t have them yet on ‘Girls,’” Williams said while on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast on Tuesday.

Podcast host Amanda Hirsch asked, “It wasn’t the time for that?” to which Williams, who starred as Marnie, replied, “It definitely was, but we didn’t have them.”

“We had so many sex scenes to prep and work through,” she explained. “It would have been so helpful to have someone who’s department head of sex scenes.” 

The show was created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, with Williams retelling a moment on set where the writers performed a scene she had to do with her on-screen love interest, Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

“I have this picture of Lena and Jenni acting out the moment where Desi was going down on me — eating my ass — and I have a picture of them where I think it’s Jenni is leaning over a windowsill and Lena is leaning behind her like smiling being like, ‘This is what we picture,’” Williams recounted. “And I was like, ‘Great!’ but they were busy. That should have been someone else’s job.” 

Dunham, 39, who played Hannah on the series, previously expressed her feelings about not having an intimacy coordinator on set.

She told Metro UK in 2022, “I know as an actor sometimes you feel anxious going to the director with a concern, even if you really like them, you just don’t want to be the party pooper – you just have your own self consciousness and to have a person there who is devoted to that dialogue and your comfort, I mean, I would have loved to have it on ‘Girls.’”

“When you’re the director and the actor at the same time, and the writer, you’re trying to hit all those marks, and also make sure everyone has what they need, it’s just too much for one person,” she detailed. “I’m just so happy that we’re reaching a time where sets in general are a more carefully monitored thing.”

“Girls” followed the complicated lives of friends and couples. It also starred Jemima Kirke (Jessa), Zosia Mamet (Shoshanna), Adam Driver (Adam) and Andrew Rannells (Elijah).

Looking back at the series, which became a household name, Dunham shared, “Something I’m really proud of, is I look at this show, and we all started when we were between 22 and 25. It would have been very easy for all of us to go, ‘Yeah, we’re just going to fashion shows and taking free trips to St. Barth’s,’ but these women have made a really strong commitment to use their platform for something powerful. No one has used this new attention just to acquire handbags.”

These days, Dunham is back to creating, having just worked on the British Netflix rom-com series, “Too Much,” which debuts on the streaming platform on July 10.

Williams, meanwhile, is starring in “M3GAN 2.0,” a horror/sci-fi movie about a lifelike artificial intelligence doll. The actress also serves as a producer on the film.

The daughter of journalist Brian Williams and producer Jane Stoddard Williams recently got candid about working on “Girls” and the nepo baby movement while promoting the new project.

“Aside from all the many layers of privilege, high on the list is the fact that I could pursue a career in acting without being worried that I wasn’t going to be able to feed myself,” Williams told The Guardian in an interview published Monday. “I had been surrounded by people who did what I wanted to do.” 

Her parents, however, insisted she finish her education before stepping into the industry.

“I’m grateful that my parents didn’t cave,” Williams, who received a degree in English from Yale, added. “And that I didn’t make my way into this business any sooner than I did, because already, at 23, when ‘Girls’ came out, that was a lot to process.”

When asked about a possible “Girls” reunion, Williams said she would “love it.”

“I know that Zosia has been pushing for a spin-off, which I would voraciously consume and try to elbow my way into,” she confessed. “I kind of want us all back together. It was so fun and it was the beginning of my career, so I didn’t have the perspective I have now on just how lucky we were, or to know how unusual a creative experience it was.”