In “Babygirl” with Nicole Kidman, this scene really happened to the director, with a Belgian actor

CINEMA – Dairy products, pure sensations. The movie Babygirl by Halina Reijn is scheduled for January 2025 in France, but has already been released across the Atlantic since Christmas. For those who had the opportunity to see it, one scene may have marked them: that of the glass of milk. A moment that the director really experienced.

In this sequence, also visible in the trailer, Romy, played by Nicole Kidman, is offered a glass of milk by the young intern with whom she is having an affair while they are in the same bar, but separated. Romy accepts and finishes the glass in one gulp. Later, before he leaves the bar, the intern walks by her and tells her that she is a “nice girl”.

In BabygirlRomy, CEO of a large company and married to Jacob (Antonio Banderas), begins a forbidden affair with her new intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson), in a relationship where the young man maintains a game of domination over his boss.

Inspired by a true story

If Halina Reijn claims to have been inspired by the sulphurous thriller Basic Instinct (1992) by Paul Verhoeven with Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas, to create her story, she also drew inspiration from her own experience. Indeed, this scene, “ sensual and humorous ” according to Varietythe Dutch actress says she experienced it.

From the media IndieWireshe explained that she was filming in Belgium and had wanted to go out in the evening to a bar. “ I ordered something boring like a Diet Coke because I wasn’t drinking at the time because I was a control freak “, she remembers.

And to add: “There was a young Belgian actor, I can’t say who he was, but he was famous. I knew him. I had never spoken to him. He was at least 15 years younger than me and he ordered me a glass of milk. »

“I wanted to reward him by drinking the whole glass”

“I thought it was amazing and sexy and brave, so I wanted to reward him by drinking the whole glass, and I did.” It made me a little nauseous, to be honest with you, because it was cow’s milk. “, she continues.

But the story stopped there. The actor did not call him “nice girl”even if “I wish he would”she confided to IndieWire.

“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.”she added. Chin, chin.

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