After Recently Saying That Filming Her Sexually Graphic New Movie “Babygirl” Left Her Feeling “Ragged,” Nicole Kidman Has Clarified That She “Didn’t Feel Exploited”

In the erotic thriller, which is directed by Halina Reijn, Nicole portrays high-powered CEO Romy, who has an affair with a younger male intern, played by Harris Dickinson.
“At some point, I was like, ‘I don’t want to be touched. I don’t want to do this anymore,’ but at the same time, I was compelled to do it,” she shared.
“I felt very exposed as an actor, as a woman, as a human being,” she added. “I had to go in and go out like, I need to put my protection back on. What have I just done? Where did I go? What did I do?”
Nicole went on to praise the on-set environment that Halina created, noting that she found it “very freeing” filming the thriller.
“It was very dear to our shared instincts and very freeing. I knew [Halina] wasn’t going to exploit me. However anyone interprets that, I didn’t feel exploited. I felt very much a part of it. There was enormous caretaking by all of us; we were all very gentle with each other and helped each other. It felt very authentic, protected and, at the same time, real,” she said.