US EditionEmily Atack Admits She Was Sexually Assaulted Whilst on Set 'for Years'
Emily Atack, with an 18-year career, advocates for intimacy coordinators after revealing multiple sexual assaults on sets and at industry events, reflecting a need for industry-wide cultural change.
- This month, Emily Atack revealed she was sexually assaulted on TV sets and at wrap parties, urging change in television behaviour before starring in Channel 5 drama The Rumour.
- Atack says longstanding TV industry practices left actors exposed across her 18-year career and credits the #MeToo movement with prompting a need for behaviour change on sets.
- Quoting Atack, she said, `I’ve been sexually assaulted at work throughout my career, whether it’s on the actual set or at a wrap party. The mum-of-one added` she faces thousands of abusive messages daily on online platforms.
- Atack is in early talks to create a documentary project about intimacy coordinators and will start those conversations soon, while leveraging Rivals to promote safer set practices.
- Intimacy coordinators now serve as trained specialists ensuring actors' safety, and Atack's campaigning builds on her 2023 BBC Two documentary Emily Atack: Asking For It?, influencing the wider entertainment industry.
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