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Nicole Kidman reveals she had to stop filming 'Babygirl' because she didn't want to have an 'orgasm' anymore: 'I hate doing that'

Nicole Kidman admitted she got “so turned on” while filming her new erotic drama Babygirl that she had to temporarily put the brakes on production.

In the twisted film, Kidman plays a powerful businesswoman who risks her career and family life to have a passionate affair with her much younger intern, played by “Where the Crawdads Sing” actor Harris Dickinson, 28.

Nicole Kidman had to take breaks from filming Babygirl because she was “so turned on.” A24 / YouTube
The Oscar winner admitted that the intense sex scenes were challenging. A24 / YouTube

The 57-year-old Oscar winner said performing sexual scenes with Dickinson and Antonio Banderas, who plays her husband in the film, sometimes became too much for her.

“There were times during filming where I thought, 'I don't want to have an orgasm anymore,'” Kidman told the Sun.

Kidman plays a businesswoman who has a steamy affair with an intern, played by Harris Dickinson. A24 / YouTube

The Big Little Lies star took on the project to challenge herself, but the process brought moments that were just too much for her.

In fact, Kidman admitted that during filming she often said, “Don't come close to me” and “I hate doing that.”

Kidman's co-star Antonio Banderas plays her husband in the drama. AP

“I don't care if I'm never touched again in my life!” she added.

Even Dickinson revealed in a press conference that he would tell the cast and crew to “walk away for a second” if he needed space on set.

The upcoming film's steamy trailer gives moviegoers a taste of what's to come, with sexual tension spilling over the screen.

“It was so present for me the whole time that it was almost like burnout,” Kidman said.

Nicole Kidman won the best actress award at the 2024 Venice Film Festival for her role in “Babygirl.” A24 / YouTube
“There were times during filming where I thought, 'I don't want to have an orgasm anymore,'” Kidman said. A24 / YouTube

This isn't the first time Kidman has pushed the boundaries of sexual roles.

She appeared in an orgy scene in the 1999 film “Eyes Wide Shut” with her then-husband Tom Cruise and played a prostitute who faked an orgasm for Ewan McGregor's song-singing character in 2001's “Moulin Rouge.”

“As an actor, I've always been searching, I'm always asking myself, 'Where haven't I been?' 'And what can I explore as a human being?'” she recently told People.

The film hits theaters on Christmas Day. A24 / YouTube
Kidman is married to country music superstar Keith Urban. Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Off the big screen, the mother of four is married to country music superstar Keith Urban. They married in 2006 and have two children named Sunday and Faith.

She was married to Cruise from 1990 to 2001 and the couple adopted two children: daughter Isabella, 30, and son Connor, 28.

“Babygirl” hits theaters on Christmas Day.