While Laura Dern makes the heart beat faster in her new film Lonely planetshe sheds some light on her on-screen chemistry.

The Academy Award winner recently opened up about working with an intimacy coordinator on the Susannah Grant-starred romance, now on Netflix, noting that she was “so lucky” to be working with co-star Liam Hemsworth, who calling them “literally the best.” the safest person I could ever discuss anything in my life with.

“By the time we were doing those scenes, there wasn’t anything we couldn’t talk about together and work out creatively and professionally,” Dern said. People. “But we also had a lot of support. We had a lot of discussions.”

She noted that the process was “incredible… that film and filmmaking have changed so much that everyone feels comfortable in their voice and can comfortably set boundaries without fear of losing a job or becoming unpopular.”

Dern plays a leading role Lonely planet as reclusive writer Katherine Loewe, who arrives at a prestigious writers’ retreat in Morocco, hoping that the remote environment will alleviate her writer’s block. While there, she meets a young man named Owen Brophy (Hemsworth) – and what starts as an acquaintance evolves into an intoxicating, life-changing love affair.

Also starring Diana Silvers, Younès Boucif, Adriano Giannini and Rachida Brakni. Lonely planet is produced by Grant, as well as Sarah Timberman and Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions. Brendan Ferguson, Corinne Weber and Margaret Chernin were executive producers.

Lonely planet comes as the May-December romance is having an on-screen moment, starring Nicole Kidman Baby girl with Harris Dickinson and A family affair starring Zac Efron, alongside Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galatzine The idea of ​​you.