OMG, 'Babygirl' director says milk scene really happened to her

01/02/2025 11:32 AM

Have you seen Babygirl yet? One of the more memorable moments in Halina Reijn's erotic thriller finds Nicole Kidman's Romy being sent a glass of milk from the young intern she's having an affair with while they're separately at the same bar. Romy accepts the challenge and finishes the entire glass in one sip. Later on, the intern leaves the bar and calls Romy a "good girl." Apparently, it's a sensual and humorous moment, and it's one that actually happened to Reijn in real life:

"There was this young Belgian actor — I can't say who it is — but he was famous," Reijn continued…"I knew of him. I'd never spoken to him. He was at least 15 years younger than I, and he ordered me a glass of milk. I thought it was an incredible, hot thing to do, and so courageous, and so I wanted to reward him by drinking the whole thing, and I did. It did make me a little nauseated, to be honest with you, because it was cow milk. It was back in the day."

Reijn said that this young Belgian actor never went up to her and called her a "good girl," although "I wish he did."

"He just walked out. I didn't have sex with him or anything. But when I was writing, I did think that was one of the most arousing moments of my life," Reijn said. "There wasn't even touching. That is what fascinates me about sex. To me, real, shocking sex is often not at all two bodies banging into each other. To me, real, shocking sex is about what is in the mind. It's all suggestion. It's all imagination. <...> Real sex acts to me onscreen are quite boring, which is why we only have two short moments of that."

We loved this approach! The tension buildup is what really sells the eroticism in the film. And milk can be sexy… unless you are lactose… then it might be gassy.

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