While Babygirl is an extremely heightened example of an age-gap relationship between an older woman and younger man, the writer/director hopes the movie helps normalize those types of connections. "If we see a movie where the male actor is the same age as the female actor,

NICOLE KIDMAN SAYS EROTIC THRILLER 'BABYGIRL' WAS 'LIBERATING' BUT LEFT HER FEELING 'VERY EXPOSED' "From the minute I read it, I was like, ‘Yeah, this is a voice I haven’t see

Niko Tavernise / A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection The film's premise — no spoilers, promise — is that Nicole Kidman's character Romy Mathis, a 57-year-old CEO, has an affair with a 28-year-old intern played by Harris Dickinson.

Nicole Kidman's 'Babygirl' writer-director Halina Reijn said she believes 'it should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch' in movies that depict relationships between women and younger men.

Nicole Kidman's Babygirl director has hit out to defend the age-gap storyline shown in the film. The erotic thriller has been causing headlines since it debuted at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year with Kidman,

Babygirl director Halina Reijn defends the age-gap relationship in her new A24 film and discusses anti-sex sentiments among Gen Z. Babygirl is a psycho-sexual thriller centered around accomplished CEO and devoted wife Romy (played by Nicole Kidman) who loses herself and risks everything in an affair with intern Samuel (played by Harris Dickinson).