Nicole Kidman's Vulnerable Babygirl Scenes

For her sensual new drama Babygirl, Nicole Kidman  has acknowledged that she felt "vulnerable" during   filming several sequences of masturbation and a  portrayal of a submissive/dominant relationship. The 57-year-old actress stated that yesterday,   during the film's world debut at the Venice Film  Festival, she was shivering from nervousness. Harris Dickinson, a budding British actor,  has a pivotal role as intern Samuel,   who deduces that his boss Kidman, a  tech firm CEO, desires to be subjugated. Since starring in the surreal  erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut with   her then-husband Tom Cruise 25 years ago,  Kidman has not produced anything like it. She claimed that creating the sex sequences,   which depict her character's existential crisis  and how it is resolved through a taboo-busting   sexual journey, required the assistance of  an intimacy coordinator and a closed set. "I think this movie is obviously about sex,  but it's also about desire, inner thoughts,   secrets, marriage, truth, power,  and consent," stated Kidman. This is the narrative of one woman, and  I believe it to be a very liberating one.   Through her glance, a lady tells the story.  I was surprised to learn that I would be   handling this material under the direction of a  woman because Halina (Reijn) wrote and directed   the script. It felt immensely liberating  and very close to our common inclinations. 'I don't think there's a judgment connected  (about the character),' she continued. Each   person should respond differently to Romy  and her actions. My interest in it stems   from my desire to study people—women in  particular—on screen and investigate the   complex and multifaceted nature  of what it is to be human. She described the process of  creating it as "delicate and   intimate and very deep," but she  also said that she was "exposed,   vulnerable, and frightened when it  comes to giving it to the world." 'I knew she wasn't going to take advantage of  me,' she stated. In any case, I didn't feel taken   advantage of. I was really involved with that. We  all took great care of each other, were incredibly   kind to one another, and supported one another. It  felt really real, secure, and genuine all at once. In the first scene of the movie, Kidman  plays Romy Mathis, who pretends to have   a very convincing orgasm while having  sex with her husband, Antonio Banderas,   before walking into another room  and masturbating to explicit music. She explores her urge to be in charge with her  intern, but unlike in earlier erotic movies   like Basic Instinct, female desire doesn't  ruin her home life or job. In fact, without   giving anything away, in the end, she's still  married and in a high position in the workplace. "I think all beings have different  sides within ourselves and we all   have a beast within ourselves," stated  director Reijn. We don't have a lot of   room yet for women to investigate this behavior. I think that we are both good and bad;  I don't believe in good and evil. Men   needed to address the "huge orgasm gap,"  she continued. And actor Dickinson said,   'Everyone deserves a wonderful orgasm.' "I think there is a confusion about  how to conduct yourself outside of   and within sex," he continued. Halina  was always willing to analyze, question,   and probe the subtleties of that behavior, which  allowed me to see the world in a whole new light. Nicole looked stunning on Friday during the 81st   Venice International Film Festival as  she made her way to the Hotel Excelsior. The movie star wore a black midi dress with  a plunging neckline that accentuated her lean   physique, and she looked amazing for the day. The dress had ruffled shoulders and short sleeves,   and Nicole wore white kitten  heels to elongate her limbs. The Oscar winner accessorized  her look with sunglasses and   pulled her blond hair back into a ponytail. Nicole is portrayed in Babygirl as a  successful New York businesswoman who   embarks on a dangerous relationship  with her much younger intern. At the Venice Film Festival, the  actress recently acknowledged   that she's not sure if she has  the "bravery" to see the film. "It seems like this was meant  to be seen with people and on   a big screen," the woman remarked.  I doubt my bravery to that extent. "I've done more exposing films  in the past, but not like this." According to Nicole, Babygirl is the  most "exposing" movie she has ever done. The Big Little Lies actress revealed  that she gets really nervous when she   thinks about people viewing the  obscene sex scenes in the movie. "Golly, I'm doing this, and it's  actually going to be seen by the   world," she said. That feels really strange. Nicole acknowledged that the "vulnerable"  nature of the filming procedure left   her feeling "ragged," and she expressed her  concern about viewers watching the sex scenes. In Babygirl, Nicole plays the part of Romy,  a corporate executive who is attempting   to find joy in her marriage to Anthony, a  theater director, while juggling her work. As soon as Samuel (Harris), the new  intern, expresses his attraction to Romy   and they start talking about a "forbidden sexual  dynamic," their marriage starts to fall apart. The thriller's director, Halina Reijn, is  rumored to have aimed to draw attention to the   orgasm experienced by women, with a particularly  intense sequence featuring Romy masturbating. Nicole recently landed the main part in Netflix's  A Family Affair, starring alongside Zac Efron,   so this is not the first time she has  played in a seductive age-gap relationship. The couple participated in a sultry nude  moment together in the romantic comedy,   and Nicole recently shared details about  the production experience in an interview. Speaking on the subject of  audition chemistry tests,   she stated that she believes it is "lazy"  to cast lovers only based on chemistry. "I think it's lazy to just rely on chemistry," she  added, adding that there is another way to film   things. Writing and conversation are two aspects  of it that you may practically navigate through. "Moreover, chemistry cannot be created on  screen; it is prefabricated," she continued. A Family Affair did not fare well with  reviewers; thereafter, rumors circulated that   Nicole's husband, Keith Urban, was secretly'  happy about the film's negative reaction. An informant stated that after portraying  lovers in the popular crime film The   Paperboy 12 years prior, Keith, 56, didn't feel  comfortable watching his wife get cozy with Zac. The source claimed, "He trusts Nicole completely,   but he felt uneasy watching her get so  cozy with Zac on screen a second time." "She probably won't be doing a third, which  has made Keith extremely happy—something   he has to keep to himself, naturally!"