Yahoo Lifestyle Nicole Kidman’s ‘Babygirl’ Gets Valentine’s Day Theatrical Rerelease (EXCLUSIVE)
Get ready to drink some more milk – “Babygirl” is getting a theatrical rerelease on Valentine’s Day across the U.S.
The kinky erotic thriller stars Nicole Kidman as a tech CEO whose life begins to unravel when she has an affair with a younger company intern (Harris Dickinson).
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The movie earned a six and a half-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where Kidman went onto to earn the Volpi Cup for best actress. She also took home the National Board of Review’s best actress honor and earned a Golden Globe nomination.
Written and directed by Halina Reijn, the film surpassed $50 million at the global box office, according to A24. International markets delivered $22.6 million with domestic ticket sales hitting $27.4 million. If “Babygirl” crosses the $28 million mark in the U.S., Kidman’s domestic career box office total would reach $2.5 billion.
Rounding out the cast are Antonio Banderas, Esther Rose McGregor, Sophie Wilde and Izabel Mar.
“Babygirl” was originally released during the holidays.
The film also generated social media moments of people reenacting Dickinson’s dancing to George Michael’s “Father Figure” as well as fans taking photos of themselves recreating Kidman standing in a corner and laying on a floor.
Dickinson talked to Variety in October about having an intimacy coordinator for his and Kidman’s explicit scenes. “We’d have a discussion with the intimacy coordinator and then Nicole and I kind of did our own thing with it once we set the parameters of what we were both comfortable with,” he said. “The intimacy coordinator is saying, ‘What are you comfortable with, what do you want as a director, what are you comfortable doing from that vision? They’re facilitating that and doing it very delicately without interrupting the actual scene.”
At the same time, Kidman explained what she found most challenging about her work in “Babygirl.” “The whole thing,” she said, laughing. “Actually doing it justice and trying to be open and raw and available each day in every which way to explore. Because the nature of that film, it was either going to be completely vulnerable and exposed, or you were going to be protected, and then the thing wouldn’t connect. When I met with Halina, and we talked through it, I was just like, ‘Just give us a safe space,’ and then, ‘Please don’t make me look like a fool.’”
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