Nicole Kidman 'Didn't Feel Exploited' Making Sex-FilledBabygirlBecause 'I Was in the Hands of a Woman' Director

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicole Kidman on Aug. 30, 2024.Photo:Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty

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“That’s what made it so compelling, was being in the hands of Halina, because I knew she wasn’t gonna exploit me,” Kidman told reporters. “I mean, however anyone interprets that,Ididn’t feel exploited. I felt very much a part of it. It’s the story that I wanted to be a part of, that I wanted to tell. And every part of me was committed to that.”

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Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas at the Venice International Film Festival on Aug. 30, 2024.Franco Origlia/Getty

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“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. Halina would hold me and I would hold her, because it was just very confronting to me,” she recalled.

source: people.com