Although not officially released in theaters (expected on January 10, 2025), Babygirl received attention from the media and audiences.
Babygirl is described as an American erotic horror film written, directed and co-produced by Halina Reijn. In the film, Nicole Kidman plays a middle-aged female senior executive. She falls into a taboo romance with a young and attractive male intern, played by Harris Dickinson.
In August, the movie brought “Australian Swan” the win in the Best Actress category at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
In the above interview The Sun On October 22, Nicole revealed that in order to have ecstatic moments on the big screen, she had to put in a lot of effort, including hot scenes with two male co-stars (Dickinson plays the young lover and Antonio Banderas as the husband) really drains her physically.
“There is a lot of sharing, trust and then fatigue. It's like 'Don't touch me'. There were times when we were filming that I thought, 'Don't come close to me. I hate doing this'. I don't care if I never get close to anyone again in this life. I'm overloaded. For me, it brings a feeling of almost exhaustion,” the 57-year-old beauty shared.
In an acting career of more than 40 years, Nicole has never been afraid to act in hot scenes. She appeared in a group sex scene in the movie Eyes Wide Shut (1999), co-starring her then-husband Tom Cruise, and engaging in scary bedroom games with Colin Farrell in Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017). In 2024, she also had hot scenes with Zac Efron and Liev Schreiber in A Family Affair and The Perfect Couple .
However, Babygirl considered her most provocative performance to date.
Despite being overworked, Nicole was not discouraged. Actress Aquaman said she was attracted to the project because this is a land she has never experienced in her career. As an actress, she is always looking for new challenges, as well as her own limits.
Nicole added that when she read the script, she found the content funny but at the same time was excited and drawn into it like hypnosis.
According to the introduction, director Halina Reijn created it Babygirl with inspiration from sexual horror films Basic Instinct ( Basic instinct ) and the story of a woman who has never experienced sexual pleasure during her 25 years of marriage.
Nicole believes that in addition to the help from the hot scene coordinator, the main reason she was able to create hot moments on film is because Halina is a female director. Besides, she and Dickinson (28 years old) and Banderas (64 years old) have good chemistry, are always gentle and support each other.
Nicole added that she and her co-stars did not feel constrained or limited by the hot scene coordinator.
“I am a great believer in the sanctity of the set or the actors' space. It can never be violated because it is ours. It is a bubble separate from the outside world. I think I can't do that when collaborating with a man. When I'm in Halina's hands, I know she won't take advantage of me. I feel like I'm part of the story. That's the story I want to be a part of, the story I want to tell and every part of me is committed to that story,” the blonde beauty emphasized.
According to Nicole, she talked with her family, including husband Keith Urban and two daughters Sunday Rose (16 years old) and Faith Margaret (13 years old), before accepting the role. Nicole's husband is an artist so he understands the nature of her work, and her two daughters sympathize with their mother, but the actress also has to accept letting go of some things when pursuing her passion.