Nicole Kidman has explained why she had to pause shooting sex scenes for her forthcoming movie Babygirl . The drama, made by Bodies Bodies Bodies filmmaker Halina Reijn, follows a powerful CEO who jeopardises her career and family life by having an affair with a younger intern. Kidman, 58, stars alongside Antonio Banderas , 64, as her husband and The Iron Claw star Harris Dickinson , 28, who plays the employee that turns her life upside down.
Speaking to The Sun , Kidman revealed that performing scenes with Banderas and Dickinson at times became too intense. “There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It’s like, ‘Don’t touch me,’” she said.
Kidman continued: “There were times when we were shooting where I was like, ‘I don’t want to orgasm any more. 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,” she added. The Oscar winner said she was originally attracted to the sexually charged project because it was “an area [she’d] never been” before.
“I’ve always been on a quest as an actor,” she explained. “I’m always going, where have I not been? And what can I explore as a human being? And this was an area I’d never been.” Kidman has already received critical recognition for her performance in Babygirl following the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where she was .
