Overview

• On July 28, Davis detailed on her iHeartRadio podcast “Are You a Charlotte?” that director Victoria Hochberg repeatedly instructed her male scene partner to “grab her ass” during a wedding dance in Season 2’s “The Chicken Dance.”
• The groping was captured in a close-up shot, prompting Davis to describe her on-screen anger as genuine and rooted in mortification over the encounter.
• She recalled that the scene was filmed after a 24-hour shoot without an intimacy coordinator, leaving cast and crew delirious and unprotected.
• Davis contrasted the absence of oversight on early Sex and the City shoots with today’s formalized protocols for coordinating and safeguarding performers during intimate scenes.
• Victoria Hochberg and HBO have not responded to Davis’s account, which contributes to ongoing industry discussions on consent and performer protection.