‘Babygirl’ director says ‘sensual’ milk scene happened to her in real life with ‘Way Younger’ actor

Baby girl director Halina Reijn revealed that she drew inspiration from her real life for Nicole Kidman‘s milk scene.

Reijn, 49, told W Magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, December 25, that a famous Belgian actor “maybe much younger” than her sent her a glass of milk from across a bar. The incident happened when Reijn, who is also a stage actor, was in his 30s at the time and had gone to a bar after a theater performance in his native Netherlands.

“I drank it and he just passed out,” she said. “I was like, ‘How does this guy get the courage?’ I thought it was a very sensual thing to do. And I thought it was a lot of fun.'”

In a scene from the film, CEO Romy (Kidman) accepts a glass of milk from intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson) at a bar. Romy continues to drink the milk and stares at Samuel who looks back at her. The film, which was released on Wednesday, follows their illicit relationship.

While reflecting on the film, Reijn got candid about it Baby girl is added to the list of films released about the age gap between an older woman and a younger man. (Kidman, 57, starred in Netflix’s A family affair with Zac Efronwhile Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine portrayed love interests in Prime Video’s The idea of ​​you.)

“If we see a movie where the male actor is the same age as the female actor, we find it strange. Which is insane. It should be completely normalized that the age gap changes and that women have different relationships,” said Reijn. We are no longer trapped in a box. We internalize the male gaze, we internalize the patriarchy, and we have to free ourselves from it. It is really difficult.”

Kidman, for her part, noted that “a lot of times women are discarded at a certain period of their career as a sexual being.”

‘Babygirl’ director defends 29-year age gap between Nicole Kidman and costar Harris Dickinson

“So it was really beautiful to be seen like this,” she shared The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. “From the moment I read it, I thought, ‘Yeah, this is a voice I haven’t seen, this is a place I haven’t been, I don’t think the audience has been.’ My character has reached a stage where she has all this power, but she’s not sure who she is, what she wants, what she wants, even though she seems to have it all. And I think it’s really relatable.”

Kidman admitted that she felt Baby girl was a “raw and dangerous” film to create. “I couldn’t believe they gave us the money to do it,” she said in part. “The sexuality of it. That it wasn’t written for a 20-year-old. It wasn’t even written for a 30-year-old.”

Baby girl is in the cinema now.