Babygirl director says milk scene happened to her in real life

Little girl director Halina Reijnová revealed that she drew inspiration from her real life Nicole Kidmanscene with milk.

Reijn, 49, said In a magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, December 25, the famous Belgian actor “much, much younger” than her sent her a glass of milk over the bar. The incident occurred when Reijn, who is also a theater actress, was 30 years old at the time and went to a bar after a theater performance in her home country of the Netherlands.

“I drank it and he just left,” she said. “I was like, ‘How does this guy get the courage?’ I thought it was a very sensual thing. And I thought it was very funny.’

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

Reflecting on the film, Reijn spoke candidly Little girl was added to the list of featured films about age gap romances between an older woman and a younger man. (Kidman, 57, starred in Netflix A family affair with Zac Efronwhile Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzin depicted love interests on Prime Video The idea of ​​you.)

“If we see a movie where a male actor is the same age as a female actor, it feels weird. Which is crazy. It should be completely normalized that age gaps change and that women have different relationships,” said Reijn. “We are no longer trapped in a box. We internalize the male gaze, internalize the patriarchy, and need to break free from it. It’s really hard.”

For her part, Kidman noted that “a lot of times women are dismissed as sexual beings at some point in their careers.”

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Monica Schipper/Getty Images Babygirl director Halina Reijn defends the 29-year age gap between her leads Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. In an interview with W Magazine published on Wednesday, December 25, Reijn was asked to add to the pantheon of romantic films released this year that feature an older woman and a younger (…)

“So it was really lovely to be seen in that way,” she said The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. “From the moment I read it, I was like, ‘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 that’s really relatable.”

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

Little girl is in theaters now.