Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson share how they filmed their sex scenes Baby girl.

When talking to diversity about the upcoming erotic drama Dickinson recently became known for The Iron Claw And Triangle of sadnesssaid that after consulting with the film's intimacy coordinator, he and Kidman “kind of did our own thing with it after setting the parameters that we were both comfortable with.”

“The intimacy coordinator asks, 'What are you comfortable with, what do you want as a director, what do you want to execute from that vision?' Dickinson, 28, remembers. “They enable that and do it very carefully without interrupting the actual scene.”

In Baby girlOscar-winning actress Kidman plays a powerful CEO who puts her career and family at risk when she begins a torrid affair with Dickinson's character, her much younger intern. When diversity When she asked Kidman what challenged her most about making the film, she joked, “The whole thing.”

“I actually live up to that and try to be open and raw and available every day in every way I can,” she shared. “Because of the nature of this film, he was either completely vulnerable and exposed, or you were protected and then the thing wouldn't connect.” When I met with Helena and we talked about it, I was like, “Just give us a safe space,” and then, “Please don’t make me look like an idiot.” ”

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Talk to meSophie Wilde and Antonio Banderas, who plays Kidman's character's husband, also star in the upcoming film. Dickinson told the outlet that he “pinched himself” every day about sharing scenes with Kidman.

“Subliminally I kept asking her, 'What was it like working with Stanley Kubrick?' “I've always thought about how she's this monolithic figure in the movies,” he said, calling Kidman “the most calming, warmest performer to work opposite.”

“She sets the tone on set and makes it so easy to be vulnerable and funny because she is so brave. “He’s so brave and she does things and you’re like, ‘What the hell is that?’ You can’t even think about it,” he added. “And she just has this innate sense of playfulness. And when you have that on set, everything is so easy.”

Baby girl hits theaters on December 25th.