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How ‘glacial’ Nicole became Hollywood’s most sexually daring star

There are plenty of Kidman turns that give the lie to any dim notion she’s a glacial or inhibited performer, or carefully “classy” in a Grace Kelly way.

Tim Robey
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In her new film Babygirl, Nicole Kidman pushes the boat out. At 57, she gets on all fours, at the request of Harris Dickinson, who plays a young intern at the tech company run by her character. She laps up cream from a saucer during one of their assignations.

Sexually unfulfilled by her husband (Antonio Banderas), she watches pornography while the camera holds tight on her face in close-up, capturing every juddering spasm of pleasure. She also gets hold of one of Dickinson’s ties, discarded at a party, and practically eats it.

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