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Nicole Kidman has admitted that things got a little steamy while filming her recent erotic drama that she had to temporarily pause production.
The 59-year-old actress stars in the A24 film, Babygirl, opposite Iron Claw actor, Harris Dickinson.
The risqué flick sees Kidman take on the role of Romy, a married ambitious tech CEO who begins an intense affair with Samuel (Dickinson), an intern at the high-profile company.
The movie, which is directed by Halina Reijn, explores power dynamics and sexuality within a professional setting through the passionate relationship between Romy and Samuel.
So of course, there are many sexual scenes between the main characters, as well as Kidman and her husband in the film, played by Antonio Banderas, 65.
According to The Sun, this meant many days of filming led to an overwhelming amount of "touch" and "frustration" for the Oscar-winning actress.
"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It's like, 'Don't touch me,'" Kidman revealed. "There were times when we were shooting where I was like, 'I don't want to org*sm anymore.'"
The actress, who has been married to country singer Keith Urban for 18 years, shared that sometimes she would feel drained by the process: "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.
Babygirl’s early premiere at Venice earned Kidman the Volpi Cup for best actress.
The Big Little Lies star shared in a Q&A that participating in a movie of this movie was new territory for her.
"There’s a sort of a jump off the cliff thing where you go, okay, I’m just going to abandon everything and explore this with the people that I trust in a genre that is already set, but hopefully we can explore new territory and especially with the female at the helm," she shared, cited by PEOPLE.
She explained that trusting the filmmaker to keep her and her co-stars safe was important to the shooting process: "You have your director at the helm going, ‘I will protect you. Nothing that’s going to be in the film will be anything that you are not comfortable with. You are going to be okay.'"
Kidman also revealed that she and Dickinson had an "enormous amount of trust" in each other. The 30-year-old elaborated on this, saying: "Of course, there were days where I would go in really terrified of a scene or I don’t know how I’m going to do this.
"There was never a day that if the scene wasn’t working or if we weren’t comfortable or we weren’t getting something, we never felt that time was more important. It was just like, 'Okay, everyone go away for a second,'" he added.
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Viewers have issued a warning to anyone planning to watch the new Nicole Kidman film that left the actress not wanting to "orgasm" anymore.
The 57-year-old actress stars in the newly-released movie Babygirl alongside Iron Claw actor Harris Dickinson.
The risqué flick sees Kidman take on the role of Romy, a married ambitious tech CEO who begins an intense affair with Samuel (Dickinson), an intern at the high-profile company.
The movie, which is directed by Halina Reijn, explores power dynamics and sexuality within a professional setting through the passionate relationship between the two characters.
There are many explicit scenes between the main characters, as well as Kidman and her husband in the movie, played by Antonio Banderas, 64.
The Academy-award-winning actress revealed in an interview with The Sun that the many days of filming led to an overwhelming amount of "touch" and "frustration".
"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It's like, 'Don't touch me,'" Kidman revealed. "There were times when we were shooting where I was like, 'I don't want to orgasm anymore.'"
Kidman shared that sometimes she would feel drained by the process: "Don't come near me. I hate doing this. I don't care if I am never touched again in my life!" adding: "I'm over it... It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout."
The sex scenes in Babygirl left one particular user on TikTok very uncomfortable.
Watch the TikTok below:
Matt Giffen, who goes by the handle @mattgiffenn, took to the social media platform to share a warning to anyone planning to watch the film.
"Two things I wish I knew before watching Babygirl," he said, explaining: '"Number one, don't go watch that motherf***er with a family member. It's basically an hour-and-a-half p**n video.
"Number two. Don't make the mistake I made and go and watch that b***h in like a very small intimate movie theater where you're shoulder-to-shoulder," he continued, sharing that there's a scene "where she's getting... for like 10 minutes straight," adding: "My kneecap was touching the old geezer's kneecap beside me.
"It was more awkward than what was happening on the screen, bro. I felt like I wanted to die, it was so uncomfortable," he quipped. "Don't get me wrong, Nicole Kidman smashed it. That lad in the film, he's gonna be set for life. It was actually a really good movie.
"Just two things to know: No family member, do not be sitting next to some random geezer grazing his kneecaps. Do not be doing it - from experience, trust me, please trust me," he concluded.
Many viewers took to the comment section to thank Matt for his warning.
"I WILL be watching this movie alone," one user wrote. "Thanks for the heads up, I'll probably wait until it's online," a second chimed in.
"Lord I got it thanks for your sacrifice," a third joked. "duly noted lol," a fourth added.
Babygirl is available for viewing in theaters.
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Nicole Kidman's co-star has opened up about the sex scene that the star claimed she had to pause filming as she "didn't want to org*sm anymore."
The 57-year-old Oscar-winning actress stars alongside Iron Claw actor Harris Dickinson in the highly anticipated A24 film Babygirl.
Check out the trailer below:
Kidman plays Romy, an ambitious married tech CEO who embarks on a passionate affair with Samuel, a young intern played by Dickinson.
In a candid interview with The Sun, Kidman opened up about the impact the sexual scenes had on her, describing days on set as overwhelming.
"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It's like, 'Don't touch me,'" she said.
The actress confessed there were moments when the intensity became too much, adding: "There were times when we were shooting where I was like, 'I don't want to org*sm anymore.'"
Dickinson has now opened up about his own experience during a recent interview with Variety.
The Where the Crawdads Sing actor revealed that while the scenes were carefully coordinated, one in particular - featuring near-naked dancing to a George Michael song - left him feeling especially self-conscious.
"Halina [Reijn, the director] put the song on and said, 'Just dance.' So I just had a little groove," Dickinson recalled, adding with a laugh: "Maybe I had a little whiskey before. But it was embarrassing."
Dickinson also explained the role of the film's intimacy coordinator, Lizzie Talbot, in ensuring that the actors felt comfortable during the more explicit scenes.
"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," he explained.
Talbot's role, Dickinson noted, was to facilitate the process delicately without disrupting the scene, ensuring both the actors and the director's vision were respected.
The film had its early premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where Kidman’s performance earned her the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress, per PEOPLE.
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During a recent Q&A, the Big Little Lies star shared that Babygirl pushed her into new territory as an actress.
"There’s a sort of a jump-off-the-cliff thing where you go, okay, I’m just going to abandon everything and explore this," she said, noting the importance of trusting her director and co-stars in such an emotionally charged film.
Kidman praised director Halina Reijn for creating a safe environment on set.
"You have your director at the helm going, ‘I will protect you. Nothing that’s going to be in the film will be anything that you are not comfortable with,’" she explained.
Nicole Kidman has revealed how she got closer to her co-star while filming her latest movie.
In the movie, Babygirl, Kidman plays Romy, a driven and ambitious tech CEO who embarks on an affair with her young intern, Samuel, portrayed by Harris Dickinson.
In a candid interview with The Sun, Kidman described the overwhelming nature of the intimate scenes, admitting that some days on set were particularly taxing.
"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It's like, 'Don't touch me,'" she said.
The actress further confessed: "There were times when we were shooting where I was like, 'I don't want to org*sm anymore.'"
Well, the actress has now elaborated even further on how she managed to create intimacy with her co-star.
In a recent BAFTA interview, Kidman and Dickinson shared insights into the creative process behind their strikingly authentic chemistry.
Both actors credited the crew’s efforts in fostering a comfortable and collaborative environment on set, particularly during the film’s intimate scenes.
"There was just an enormous amount of trust there," Kidman said, singling out cinematographer Jasper Wolf for his "delicate" approach.
"He will light accordingly... If you don’t have the camera there in the right way, with the right lighting, it won’t exist. You may as well be doing stage."
Dickinson echoed her sentiments, highlighting the importance of the entire crew’s synergy.
"Even the boom operator was instrumental in getting the risqué scenes done right. In some of those scenes, the crew was reduced to facilitate a more intimate environment. It felt like there were times where you're really all on the same energy," he said.
Kidman and Dickinson noted that their natural rapport influenced the development of their characters.
Reijn encouraged a dynamic and evolving script, allowing the actors to experiment with long, uninterrupted takes that mimicked the intensity of theatre.
"We rehearsed a lot just by talking," Kidman explained. "The script was changing... We would raise suggestions for tweaks, finding a natural flow between us."
Dickinson added: "The script was feeding back to Halina [the director] along the way. She would try stuff with us, and then we would adapt it to what felt right."
Filming in the harsh New York winter added another layer of intensity to the production. Kidman described how the extreme conditions enhanced their performances.
"It penetrates the performance... There’s this palpable energy when you have to keep each other warm," she said, referencing a particularly memorable scene in a pool.
Despite the physical and emotional toll, the actors believe the end result justifies the challenges.
Nicole Kidman has revealed that filming intimate scenes for one particular movie became so intense that she eventually had to ask for a break, admitting she reached a point where she 'didn’t want to orgasm anymore.'
In 2024’s erotic thriller 'Babygirl', the Australian actor features as the influential CEO Romy, who embarks on a passionate affair with her much younger intern, Samuel, portrayed on-screen by Harris Dickinson. The film also stars Antonio Banderas as Romy’s unknowing husband, Jacob.
Ahead of the film’s release, the Australian icon opened up about both the emotional and physical intensity of shooting the film’s many steamy sex scenes with Dickinson and Banderas.
Speaking about the experience, she explained that the repeated filming and re-shooting of such moments eventually became overwhelming.
According to The Sun, Kidman said: “There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It's like, 'Don't touch me.'”
She 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.”
Kidman explained that the constant emotional demands of the role began to take a toll during production.
“It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout,” she said.
Reflecting further on the experience in an interview with Vanity Fair, she admitted: “It left me ragged.”
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The film was directed by Halina Reijn, who has said the story was inspired by a real-life account she once heard about a woman who had gone 25 years of marriage without experiencing sexual pleasure, before venturing into the morally ambiguous world of extra-marital activity.
Kidman said the unusual premise was part of what drew her to the project in the first place, explaining she was eager to explore something she hadn’t tackled before in her long acting career.
“I've always been on a quest as an actor, I'm always going, where have I not been? And what can I explore as a human being?” she said.
“And this was an area I'd never been.”
Kidman has frequently been open about on-screen intimacy, having recently appeared on Las Culturistas podcast, where she shared a behind-the-scenes confession about filming a kissing scene while working with Alexander Skarsgård on the HBO series 'Big Little Lies', revealing she once asked her co-star to stop eating a falafel sandwich before they began canoodling.
Kidman joked that she told him: “I'm meant to be into you and kissing you — put away the falafel now,” highlighting how even small details like food can make filming romantic scenes more challenging than audiences might expect.
Harris Dickinson spoke out after Nicole Kidman revealed she once paused filming their erotic drama Babygirl because she 'didn’t want to orgasm anymore.'
The actor criticised the 'strange' reactions some viewers had after the comments about their intense on-screen sex scenes went viral following the movie’s release.
Dickinson addressed the unusual response from some fans while reflecting on the film in late 2025.
The British actor revealed that some viewers seemed to fixate purely on the film’s sex scenes rather than the story itself.
Speaking about the reactions, he said some encounters with fans had been uncomfortable.
“It’s strange,” Dickinson said.
“You have people coming up to you and immediately talking about the sex scenes.
"That’s not really what the film is about.”
The actor explained that while the movie is undeniably provocative, it was never intended to simply shock audiences.
“It’s exploring power and vulnerability and desire,” he added.
“It’s a complicated relationship.”
Dickinson also said he believed some reactions reduced the film to little more than a viral headline.
“When people just focus on that side of it, it kind of misses the point of what we were trying to do,” he explained.
Much of the online discussion surrounding the movie began after comments made by Kidman about filming the intimate scenes.
The Oscar-winning actress spoke openly about the experience while promoting the film.
According to Kidman, performing repeated simulated climaxes during production eventually became overwhelming.
“There were times when we were shooting where I was like: ‘I don’t want to orgasm anymore. Don’t come near me. I hate doing this,’” she said.
Kidman explained that the emotional intensity of the scenes could be exhausting.
“It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout,” she added.
In Babygirl, Kidman plays Romy, a powerful tech CEO whose seemingly perfect life begins to unravel.
Her character begins a secret affair with a younger intern named Samuel, played by Dickinson.
The relationship creates a complicated power dynamic that threatens both her career and personal life.
The film was directed by Halina Reijn, who is known for exploring challenging emotional territory in her work.
Because of the story’s themes, both actors had to navigate a number of vulnerable and intense scenes during filming.
Although the movie generated plenty of headlines because of its intimate scenes, it also received strong reviews from critics.
Kidman’s performance in particular was widely praised.
She even won the Best Actress prize at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the film.
And while Dickinson may not appreciate some of the reactions the movie sparked, he has made it clear he remains proud of the project.
For him, the real focus of Babygirl was always the complicated human story at the centre of it — even if the headlines sometimes suggest otherwise.
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