Nicole Kidman’s latest film is so erotic she’s dreading seeing it when it premieres in Venice next week.
August 28, 2024, published at 2:30 PM ET
She starred in one of the most erotic and controversial films ever.
And now RadarOnline.com can reveal Nicole Kidman‘s new movie Baby girl is so raunchy that she’s afraid to see the X-rated film when it premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week.
The 57-year-old actress said: “I’m not sure I have that much courage. I’ve done some films that are quite revealing, but not like this.”
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Babygirl would be Kidman’s most daring film to date.
Baby girl Kidman plays Romy, a powerful New York City businessman who embarks on a steamy extramarital affair with a young intern named Samuel, played by The Iron Claw actor Harris Dickinson, 28.
The erotic thriller is said to be Kidman’s most daring work to date, even though she also starred in it Stanley Kubrick‘s 1999 erotic mystery and psychological drama Eyes wide closed with her then husband Tom Cross.
Halina Reijn, the 48-year-old director of the film, describes Baby girl as a “really hot movie” with “radically long” sex scenes between Kidman and Dickinson’s characters.
The Australian actress said of the “radically long” sex scenes: “I felt very exposed as an actor, as a woman, as a human being.
“I had to go in and out, like I had to put my protection back on. What did I just do? Where did I go? What did I do?”
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Harris Dickinson (left) stars alongside Kidman in the film directed by Halina Reijn (right).
Kidman and Reijn apparently met in New York City to talk about their own “raw life experiences” for inspiration while creating Baby girl.
The Aquaman actress said Vanity fair on the experience: “A lot of the themes in my films have been explored through the lens of sexuality. I haven’t eliminated that or tried to pretend it’s not there.
“It was incredibly honest and graphic to be able to talk – and that’s woman to woman, like sitting on your bed and talking to your sister or your best friend.
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‘That is incredibly safe. Halina has a very strong maternal instinct, so she was very protective of all of us. But especially me.’
As for the sex scenes, Kidman and Dickinson worked with intimacy coordinators who helped “signal moments of pleasure, discomfort and everything in between” so the couple could “play authentically.”
Kidman added: “It left me ragged. At one point I was like, I don’t want to be touched. I don’t want to do this anymore, but at the same time I was forced to do it.”
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Kidman said, “I’m not sure I have that much courage. I’ve made some films that are quite exposing, but not like this.”
Moreover, she admits that she is afraid to look Baby girl When the film finally premiered at the Venice Film Festival next week, Kidman also said it was a “weird feeling” because the film is more like “something you do and hide in your home movies.”
She said: “It’s like, Golly, I’m doing this, and it’s going to be seen by the world now. That’s a very strange feeling.
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“This is something you do and hide in your home videos. It’s not something that would normally be seen by the world.”
If RadarOnline.com reported the upcoming premiere of Baby girl comes shortly after Kidman opened up about her experiences working Eyes wide closed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Kubrick film last month.
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Kidman and then-husband Tom Cruise attend the premiere of the late Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut in 1999.
She revealed how the film – which saw her and Cruise, now 62, navigate a world orgies and dark rituals – filming would only last six months. It took almost three years.
Kidman said: “I would have stayed a third year. Does that mean I’m crazy?”
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