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Throughout her extensive career in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman has portrayed a range of characters, from showing off her comedic and dramatic talents inTo Die Forto her powerful, emotional performance inThe Hours,and her daring, provocative side in films likeEyes Wide ShutandThe Paperboy.
However, the actress has revealed that the role that got the best of her has been that of Romy, a businesswoman, in the upcoming erotic thrillerBabygirl. Kidman recently shared that filming the movie, particularly the more intimate scenes, was at times overwhelming and difficult to manage.
Nicole Kidman Opened Up About the Challenges of FilmingBabygirl
Nicole Kidmanis set to return to the silver screen in the upcoming erotic thrillerBabygirl. The film follows her in the role of a powerful businesswoman, who puts her family and career at risk when she gets involved in a passionate affair with a much younger intern.
The film, which is set to release this Christmas, features her alongside Harris Dickinson andAntonio Banderasas the young intern and Romy’s husband, respectively. And she had to perform several intimate scenes with her co-stars in these roles.
“There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration,”she said, talking about filming the intimate scenes. The actress shared that things occasionally became so intense that it was challenging for her to keep going.
It’s like,‘Don’t touch me — There were times when we were shooting where I was like,‘I don’t want to orga*m any more… Don’t come near me. I hate doing this.
“I don’t care if I am never touched again in my life!”she further said as perThe Sunbefore adding,“I’m over it. It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout.”
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The bold revelation from Kidman is surprising, her past performances in films likeEyes Wide Shutwith Tom Cruise andThe Killing of a Sacred Deer, where she tackled similarly intense scenes.
Harris Dickinson on Filming Kinky Intimate Scenes ForBabygirl
Having starred in films likeThe King’s ManandMaleficent: Mistress of Evil,Harris Dickinsoninitially couldn’t believe that he was starring alongside Nicole Kidman inBabygirl.
Talking about the film, Dickinson shared that he was “pinching” himself, as he reflected on working with Kidman. He further shared withVarietyat the film’s screening,
Subtly, I kept asking her things like, ‘What was it like working with Stanley Kubrick?’ I was there always like poking at the fact that she is this monolithic figure in cinema.
During his conversation, he also reflected on filming the intimate scenes for the film, saying, “We’d have a discussion with the intimacy coordinator, and then Nicole and I kind of did our own thing with it once we set the parameters of what we were both comfortable with.”
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He also shared that the intimacy coordinators also helped facilitate the discussion by asking about their comfort levels and the director’s vision, ensuring everything was handled delicately without disrupting the flow of the scene.
Babygirlis set to release on August 23, 2025.
Laxmi Rajput
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Laxmi Rajput is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, with over 3,300 articles published covering film, TV, and pop culture. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and over three years of experience in content writing, she pivoted to entertainment journalism because let’s be honest, superheroes, sitcoms, and Netflix binges are way more fun. Laxmi frequently covers Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and popular TV shows, offering both fan-first enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis. Her work often dives into Marvel theories, revisits the genius of The Big Bang Theory, or unpacks the Netflix phenomenon of Stranger Things.
