Age is just a number Nicole Kidman “Babygirl” director Halina Rein.
During an interview for the thrilling film, the director defended the age gap between her lead actors, Kidman, 57, and Harris Dickinson, 28.
“If we watch a movie where the male actor is the same age as the female actor, we find that weird. It's crazy. It should be completely normal for age gaps to change and for women to have different relationships,” Ren, 49, said. In a magazine.
Nicole Kidman, 57, says it's fun to be seen as a “sexual object” in the erotic thriller
Nicole Kidman, left, and Harris Dickinson in a scene from Babygirl. (A24 via AP)
“We're not trapped in a box anymore. We're internalizing the male gaze, we're internalizing the patriarchy, and we need to free ourselves from it. It's really hard.”
the Academy Award winning actress She portrayed a powerful CEO and mother Romy, who is involved in an affair with her younger intern, Samuel (Dickinson), in the film.
The Dutch director, who also worked on the 2022 film Bodies Bodies Bodies, went on to describe that she wanted the sex scenes to be “incredibly hot and fun, but I also wanted them to be real.”
“The sex stops and stops. It's nothing like a glamorous scene from a '90s Hollywood movie. That's not how things work,” Ryan said.
Kidman has previously spoken about her new “raw and dangerous” role in the film and explained why it empowers her to be seen as a “sexual object” in her late 50s. (A24 via AP)
Kidman has previously spoken about her new subject 'Raw and dangerous' Her role in the film and explained why it enabled her to be seen as a “sexual being” in her late 50s.
“A lot of times, women at a certain point in their careers are overlooked as sexual objects. So, it was really nice for them to be viewed that way,” the Australian national said. Hollywood Reporter partially.
Halina Reijn, director of Nicole Kidman's “Babygirl,” says gender age gaps should be “normalized.” (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
Nicole Kidman says erotic thriller 'baby girl' was 'liberating' but left her feeling 'very exposed'
“From the moment I read it, I said: Yes, this is a voice I have not seen, this is a place I have not visited, and I don’t think audiences have visited.” My character has gotten to a point where she's got all this power, but she's not sure who she is, what she wants, what she desires, even though she seems to have it all, and I think that's really relatable.
Director Halina Reijn, left, and Nicole Kidman on the set of Babygirl. (A24 via AP)
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Nicole Kidman, 57, plays a powerful executive who has an affair with a younger intern, Harris Dickinson, 28, in Babygirl. (A24 via AP)
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This wasn't the first time Kidman had worked in a movie where an older woman was interested in a younger man. This year, the actress also starred in Netflix's A Family Affair, with her love Zac Efron, 37.
Kidman has certainly had a busy year with six projects for 2024, including starring in Netflix's The Perfect Couple and Paramount+. “Lioness” series And more.
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Fox News Digital's Cristina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.
