“People need to look past the eroticism of it,” the actor says.
“It’s a very nuanced film.”
Dickinson recounts toEntertainment Weekly.
Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24
“I said, ‘No, come on, man.
Don’t ask me to say that.’
People need to look past the eroticism of it.
Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24
It’s a very nuanced film.
It’s so much about liberation and the consequences of too much constraint.
It’s important that that’s what people are talking about as well.”
Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24
“We take turns holding the power,” Dickinson muses.
But also, there’s a directness to him that pierces through Romy’s professionalism very quickly."
“She keeps referencing her concern for hurting him and for the age gap,” says Dickinson.
Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24
“We’re trying to subvert what we’d seen in this genre,” Dickinson explains.
“It’s giving and taking.
It’s a certain generosity and understanding of what it is someone wants.
It goes beyond just sex.
It’s also about behavior and love languages and all of that stuff.
How does someone want to be treated?
How do they respond best?
There’s a release for both of them in this relationship.
They find this sense of freedom within themselves.”
“She’s drawn to dangerous stories and difficult subjects,” he muses.
She’s radical in her approach and bold every time.
I’m just so grateful that I got to be a part of that."
“Halina was never interested in showing explicit sex scenes,” confirms Dickinson.
“Showing sex on film can often be so corny and unnecessarily voyeuristic.
“It’s all about them navigating those boundaries,” he says.
“The line gets blurred constantly.
He wants control, but he also doesn’t know how to do it.
And he’s misunderstanding his own masculinity.
There’s a certain confusion around who he’s supposed to be.
At the end of the day, isn’t that what we all desire, babygirl?
