‘Babygirl’ trailer: Harris Dickinson makes Nicole Kidman get on her knees
Nicole Kidman will do whatever Harris Dickinson wants in “Babygirl.”
On Tuesday, A24 dropped the second trailer for the seductive drama. Written and directed by Halina Reijn, “Babygirl” stars Kidman as Romy, a robotics CEO who seems to have it all but is deeply unsatisfied sexually. She begins an affair with her intern Samuel (Dickinson), who senses immediately from their first interaction that Romy is craving something much more primal and starts destabilizing her entire world.
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“Get on your knees,” Samuel tells her. “Is that what you want?”
The film also stars Antonio Banderas as Romy’s husband Jacob and Sophie Wilde as Esme, her assistant.
Kidman and Dickinson’s chemistry heats up the screen, but “Babygirl” is more about power dynamics and female pleasure — the latter of which drew Kidman to the project.
“I made it because in my body of work, I needed to do this. It’s part of what I do. I’ve never shied away from sexuality on screen, ever… [Reijn] wanted to make a film about liberation, female pleasure. And I wanted to do that! I wanted to do that. ‘Cause I’ve done a lot of films where I’ve been punished. I’ve done those films where you really don’t get the pleasure from it,” the Oscar winner told British GQ. “A lot of times these films are very punishing. The woman gets discarded in the end or she gets turned around and she has to beg on her knees.”
Kidman won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in “Babygirl” at the Venice Film Festival in September. She currently in fourth place in the Best Actress Oscar odds. If she gets in, this will be her sixth Oscar nomination.
“Babygirl” hits theaters on Christmas Day.
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