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Awarded for her film “Babygirl”, Nicole Kidman drank a glass of milk on stage at The National Board of Review Gala in New York.
CINEMA – The Golden Globe for best actress escaped her, but not the NBR Award. Nicole Kidman was rewarded this Tuesday January 7 for her role in the film Babygirl. Coming to receive her prize, the Australian actress took the opportunity to wink at an already cult scene from the film. By drinking a glass of milk.
To everyone’s surprise, Nicole Kidman decided to spice up the traditional acceptance speech. In front of the guests at the National Board of Review gala, the actress raised a glass of milk in the direction of the assembly, and declared “ I raise my glass of milk to all the baby girls in this room”. Then, the actress drank the beverage in one go, to the applause of the spectators. After finishing, she concluded her speech by saying “ Good girl ” (either ” nice girl “). In both cases, these are references to the feature film by Dutch director Halina Reijn.
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In the film, Nicole Kidman plays Romy, general manager of a thriving company and happily married mother. But behind this facade, the fifty-year-old lives in control and permanent sexual frustration. It is there that she gives free rein to her fantasy of domination by meeting a young intern from her company, Samuel. In the film, the character played by Harris Dickinson understands that Romy wants to be dominated. “ I think you like being told what to do », he told her shortly after their first meeting. During a dinner, he has a large glass of milk delivered to his boss’s table and forces her, with his gaze, to drink it before his eyes.
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A scene inspired by reality, since the director revealed in an interview with Variety that this had happened to him. In a bar, a Belgian actor “ very well known » 15 years younger than she had ordered him a glass of milk without saying anything. She had drunk it, judging this gesture “incredible, sexy and courageous (…) He left like that. I didn’t sleep with him or anything. But as I wrote, I found it to be one of the most exciting times of my life.” In Babygirlleaving the bar, the young man passes by Romy and slips “ nice girl “. A term he uses on several occasions, when they are engaged in sexual domination play.
Released in theaters across the Atlantic in December, Babygirl arrives in France on January 15. In the cast, spectators will also find Antonio Banderas and Sophie Wilde.
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