There is zero sex/naked/kissing/whatever scene in the first book, but of course they will have to change that.
(There has to be a serious problem in America, if they put sex into everything.)
('intimacy coordinator' - Before filming, actors have to sign contracts, so they know exactly what they are doing. They can feel disgust against the other actor, it doesn't matter.)
Yea in the books any intimacy isn’t described in detail and usually covered in a sentence or two. Left to the imagination of the reader. Honestly if I was in charge I’d fire the moron showrunner. He has shown he doesn’t care about adapting the series and cares more about representation and making it a “feminist” story. Funny since the book already had female characters and other races from different parts of the world.