MOVIE NEWS – Nicole Kidman was so burned out by the sex scenes in Babygirl that she had to stop filming…

Nicole Kidman’s latest project doesn’t hit theatres until December 25, but Babygirl has already garnered attention for the film’s famously kinky content. However, Kidman revealed that filming Babygirl’s many sex scenes was often stressful for the star. This led to incredibly vulnerable moments where Kidman had to pause filming and felt like she didn’t want to be touched anymore.

In Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Rejin’s boundary-pushing erotic thriller, Kidman plays a powerful CEO who begins an affair with a young intern played by Harris Dickinson. However, their relationship is far from healthy – Kidman’s character finds release from her workaholic lifestyle by allowing herself to be completely dominated in the bedroom. Although Kidman is no stranger to racy roles – one of her previous films, 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut, in which she starred alongside then-husband Tom Cruise, was famous for a massive sex scene involving multiple people – she admitted that the intensity of Babygirl was sometimes too much. According to The Sun, Kidman said: “There were times when we were shooting where I was like (…) ‘Don’t come near me. I hate doing this. I don’t care if I am never touched again in my life.'”

“But I was also turned on by it. I was also sort of hypnotized.”

Despite the exhausting nature of the roles, Kidman doesn’t seem to have regretted experimenting with Babygirl. The film was directed by a woman – an important contrast to Kidman’s first spicy role, which was the last film of the iconic Stanley Kubrick. “I don’t think I could have done it, working with a man,” Kidman testified about Babygirl’s erotic scenes. “I actually think the only way I could do this was with her because the two of us would sit and talk. We talked about so many things and still do, that is so secretive and vulnerable — but it’s safe.”

What does Babygirl mean for Nicole Kidman’s career?

Still a huge name in the film industry after more than 40 years, Kidman can certainly afford to take risks with her career. While the sensuality of Babygirl isn’t necessarily new to Kidman’s repertoire, the vulnerability required by the film was previously uncharted territory. But this may be Kidman’s new norm. Despite the internal obstacles encountered during filming, Kidman once again referred to the importance of having a woman at the helm of the film: “Being in the hands of Halina [Reijn], I knew she wasn’t going to exploit me. I didn’t feel exploited. I felt very much a part of it.” With so much praise for Rejin’s work and the comfort Kidman felt on set, it seems likely that she will seek out more female directors and filmmakers for future projects. Especially when these projects involve intimacy on screen.

Kidman’s privilege in her position is to be selective in her projects. Considering the upcoming films, it seems that she is already trying to surround herself not only with female directors but also with actresses. New for Kidman include Scarpetta, a two-season adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling series directed by Liz Sarnoff and co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis, and the sequel to popular romantic fantasy Practical Magic, in which Kidman and Sandra Bullock return to their original roles.

Source: The Sun