For Halina Reign, director of Baby Girl, starring Nicole Kidman, age is just a number.
During an interview for the erotic thriller, the director defended the age difference between the two lead actors, Kidman (57) and Harris Dickinson (28).
“I think it's weird if you see a movie where the male actors are the same age as the female actors. That's insane. It should be completely normalized for age differences to be swapped and for women to have different relationships. ” says Reijin, 49. said W Magazine.
Nicole Kidman, 57, says it's empowering to be seen as a 'sexual being' in erotic thriller
Nicole Kidman (left) and Harris Dickinson in a scene from “Baby Girl.” (A24 via AP)
“We're not boxed in anymore. We've internalized the male gaze, we've internalized the patriarchy. And we have to break free from that. It's really hard. .”
In the film, the Academy Award-winning actress played Romy, a powerful CEO and mother who had an affair with young intern Samuel (Dickinson).
The Dutch director, who also worked on 2022's Bodies, Bodies, continued: “I wanted the sex scenes to be incredibly hot, steamy and fun, but I also wanted them to be real.” Ta.
“Sexuality is stop-and-go. It's not like the glamorous scenes you see in '90s Hollywood movies. That's not the way it's done,” Lane said.
Kidman previously opened up about her new “raw and dangerous” role in the film, explaining why it is empowering for the actress, who is in her late 50s, to be seen as a “sexual being”. (A24 via AP)
Kidman previously opened up about her new “raw and dangerous” role in the film, explaining why it is empowering for the actress, who is in her late 50s, to be seen as a “sexual being”.
“A lot of times women are dismissed as sexual beings at a certain point in their career, so it was really beautiful to be seen like this,” said the Australian. hollywood reporter Partially.
Halina Lane, director of Baby Girl, which stars Nicole Kidman, says the age difference between men and women should be “normalized”. (Taylor Hill/Film Magic/Getty Images)
Nicole Kidman says erotic thriller 'Baby Girl' was 'liberating' but made her feel 'very exposed'
“From the moment I read this, I thought, 'Oh, this is a voice I've never seen before, this is a place I've never been, this is a place the audience has never been.'” The character reaches a stage where he has all the powers, but even though he seems to have it all, he doesn't know who he is, what he wants, or what he wants. . And I think that's very relatable. ”
Director Halina Lane (left) and Nicole Kidman on the set of “Baby Girl.'' (A24 via AP)
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Nicole Kidman, 57, plays a powerful CEO who has an affair with her younger intern, Harris Dickinson, 28, in Baby Girl. (A24 via AP)
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This was not the first time Kidman worked on a film in which an older woman was interested in a younger man. This year, the actress also appeared in Netflix's “A Family Affair,” in which Zac Efron, 37, played her lover.
Kidman has certainly had a busy year with six projects in 2024, including appearances in Netflix's The Perfect Couple and the Paramount+ series Lioness.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
