Actress Eva Longoria reveals what it was like to do steamy scenes with Jesse Metcalfe in Desperate Housewives

Eva Longoria is one of the top TV stars in 2000s, who featured in the 8 season show ‘Desperate Wives’. Recently, the actress said that Desperate Housewives should have employed an intimacy coordinator as she opened up about what it was really like to film so many raunchy scenes with Jesse Metcalfe.
Eva played the role of Gabriella Solis, a trophy wife who embarks on a sordid affair with her teenage gardener John Rowland, played by Jesse Metcalfe.The pair were seen enjoying steamy clinches as Longoria’s character battled to hide their illicit romance from her husband Carlos (Ricardo S. Chavira) and the residents of Wisteria Lane.
Longoria said in an interview with Daily Mail that she was ‘so close’ to Metcalfe with whom she would have open conversations about intimate moments – but said show bosses should have had an intimacy coordinator for anyone who felt ‘uncomfortable’.
‘I had a lot of intimate scenes,’ she said. ‘We both came from soaps, which was like not worse, but like a lot of kissing scenes. So we were both like, okay, whatever. Like, we didn't really it didn't bother us.
But she admitted that looking back now, she thinks that they should have had an intimacy coordinator just in case somebody was uncomfortable.
‘But Jesse and I were so close that we had a really nice relationship and agreement about what we were comfortable with.’ She continued: ‘Also, we were on network TV, so there wasn't a lot we could do anyway.
Longoria, who is married to Jose Baston, addressed claims made by actors including Michael Douglas and Sean Bean, who previously claimed intimacy coordinators ‘spoil the spontaneity’ of intimate scenes.
‘I think they're necessary now, and I love that they are available,’ she said.
‘They were really put into place during the MeToo and the Time's Up movement where actresses are in their trailer in Bulgaria being berated by a producer going, “take your top off,” you know, and it's not in her contract.
‘And she's holding up production and she's terrified and she does want to lose a job and she doesn't want to make an enemy.
‘And so, you need that intermediary to say, “no, she's not comfortable with that. You know, this is how we're going to do it.”
The TV favorite - who married José in 2016 and has a six-year-old son Santiago with the businessman - purchased a six-bedroom, seven-bathroom mega mansion in Marbella in early 2023, with the couple hiring architect and interior designer Nicolás Escanez to help renovate.