Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutBabygirl.
“That was it.
I didn’t have anything on paper.
Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise / A24
But one thing I knew I wanted was ‘Father Figure.’
“So, I shot the whole movie, and then it was like.
‘No, edit it first,’ and then I edited the whole thing.
Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.A24
A24
Reijn even shot the scene to the song’s rhythm despite not knowing if they would get clearance.
“I gave [Harris] the song very early on before we started shooting,” she notes.
He created this image of this classically straight, cocky, macho guy.
Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in ‘Babygirl’.Niko Tavernise/A24
My movie is about that in a way, too.
It’s a cautionary tale about what happens if you suppress parts of yourself.”
I thought, ‘We have to reverse that.
We have to have Nicole sit there and have Harris dance in almost a vulnerable way.'”
“We emptied out that whole huge hotel room,” she says.
“There was nobody there; it was just the DP and the intimacy coordinator.
But even me and the intimacy coordinator were behind the wall.
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“I said, ‘You’re dancing for yourself,'” she notes.
“‘You’re just in your own world and a little bit drunk probably.
You’re just dancing with yourself.’
And I told my DP, ‘You are also dancing.
Both of you should dance.’
“Me and Nicole should watch and the man should be dancing,” she adds.
“That was how I had it in my mind.
He had to end up at her chair, but the rest of it was free.
We did two takes, I think.
What he embodied in that dance for me is sensual but also very vulnerable.
It is masculine, but it’s also very boyish.
You could see the discomfort and the enjoyment at the same time.”
