Nicole Kidman has revealed that there were points during filming her new movie Babygirl that she didn’t ‘want to orgasm anymore.’
The steamy new film starring Kidman, 57 – as Romy, an ambitious tech CEO – alongside Harris Dickinson, 28 – as Samuel, an intern at the company – came out Christmas day in the US and January 10 in the UK.
Early reviews of the erotic thriller are resoundingly positive, with Metro‘s own film critic saying the movie puts Kidman ‘in a whole new category’ as an actress.
According to The Sun, the Oscar-winning actress called shooting the film ‘liberating’ and explained how trust between herself, the director, and Dickinson was vital to making it happen.
Halina Reijn directed the A24 erotic thriller that features sex scenes between Kidman and Dickinson as well as between Kidman and her husband in the film, played by Antonio Banderas, 64.
This meant many days of filming featured an overwhelming amount of touch for Kidman, which she said could lead to ‘frustration.’
She explained: ‘There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It’s like, “Don’t touch me.”
‘There were times when we were shooting where I was like, “I don’t want to orgasm any more.”‘
She continued, sharing that sometimes she would feel exhausted by the process: ‘”Don’t come near me. I hate doing this. I don’t care if I am never touched again in my life! I’m over it.”
‘It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout.’
Kidman also said in a later Q&A that participating in a film of this nature was new territory for her and required a lot of trust.
She said: ‘There’s a sort of a jump off the cliff thing where you go, okay, I’m just going to abandon everything and explore this with the people that I trust in a genre that is already set, but hopefully we can explore new territory and especially with the female at the helm,’ according to People.
She elaborated that trusting her director to keep her and her co-stars safe was essential to the process: ‘You have your director at the helm going, ‘I will protect you. Nothing that’s going to be in the film will be anything that you are not comfortable with. You are going to be okay.”’
She also added that she and Dickinson had an ‘enormous amount of trust’ in each other.
Dickinson expanded on this, saying: ‘Of course, there were days where I would go in really terrified of a scene or I don’t know how I’m going to do this.’
He, too, went on to reconfirm the level of trust between him and his collaborators on the film, stating: ‘There was never a day that if the scene wasn’t working or if we weren’t comfortable or we weren’t getting something, we never felt that time was more important. It was just like, “Okay, everyone go away for a second.”’
Kidman also said that she had to come to terms with the fact that the world was going to ‘see something you do and hide in your home videos.’
Speaking about the film with Vanity Fair she said: ‘It’s like, “Golly, I’m doing this, and it’s actually now going to be seen by the world.” That’s a very weird feeling.’
She continued: ‘This is something you do and hide in your home videos. It is not a thing that normally is going to be seen by the world.’
Kidman’s comments about the film provoked a huge online response to the film’s deeply steamy trailer.
‘I’m already in the movie theater in case you were wondering,’ commented @StateofKait under the trailer on YouTube, while another fan joked: ‘A24 out here making their better version of 50 Shades of Grey.’
’50 Shades Of Nicole Kidman… I’m in,’ agreed @MePatriick, while @perenniallachrymosity simply exclaimed: ‘HORNY FILMS ARE BACK BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.’
‘Oh this is so horny,’ posted a gleeful @JoeOrgana on X, while @booksnbusy shared: ‘Ohhhhh this is about to be a timeee! Soft Dom Harris.’
‘Oof….. very horny & very seated,’ added @moxxie__.
Babygirl’s early premiere at Venice earned Kidman the Volpi Cup for best actress, causing fan excitement to heighten even further.
Now, fans who have seen the movie are taking to social media to share that the movie exceeded their high expectations.
User @SCREAMwithRCS wrote on X: ‘I loved Babygirl. It’s the type of art in which I thrive. Halina Reijn is a great director and displays impressive skills with the construction of the movie. The cast & characters are never not compelling. Kidman is riveting. One of my favorites of the year.’
@Gagasjackman posted: ‘Yeah babygirl is actually the best erotic classic thriller. Nicole Kidman is incredible, so raw and open and I respect her so much. The movie really pushes the power imbalance and sexuality. The score was also pretty amazing.’
@The_LifeOfDylan agreed: ‘Halina Reijn’s #Babygirl is a steaming thriller. Nicole Kidman gives one of her most committed performances and arguably her best of all time, while Antonio Banderas also shines. I found Babygirl to be brash, wild, & intimate—plus, the Amadeus needle drop is the best of 2024.’
The new film also marks Kidman joining the emerging Hollywood trend of older leading ladies romancing younger actors on screen.
We’ve seen Anne Hathaway, 41, embroiled in a hot and heavy romance with a dashing young twenty-something popstar (played by Nick Galitzine, 29).
Even more recently, Laura Dern, 57, and Liam Hemsworth, 34, starred in Netflix’s latest rom-com offering, Lonely Planet, about a novelist (Dern) who is trying to find herself on a writer’s retreat and soon becomes entangled with a much younger man (Hemsworth).
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Olivia Wilde, 40, is set to romance a ‘nepo baby’ in the upcoming film I Want Your Sex alongside 21-year-old Cooper Hoffman.
At the same time, Julia Fox, 34, will take the lead in LGBTQ+ romantic drama Perfect, starring opposite the slightly younger Ashley Moore.
Alright, Hollywood, you’ve got our attention.
A version of this article was originally published October 23, 2024.
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