Nicole Kidman’s Netflix smash hit A Family Affair originally had a very X-rated title

Kidman’s latest movie is a smash hit, but it turns out Netflix were forced to reject part of the original script for a wild reason.

Nicole Kidman is currently sitting pretty at the top of Netflix charts around the world with her new comedy movie A Family Affair.

The Netflix romantic comedy centres around a young woman named Zara (Joey King), whose mother Brooke (Nicole Kidman) strikes up a secret saucy relationship with her boss Chris who just so happens to be a movie-star (Efron).

Nicole Kidman's new movie originally had a much more explicit title. Picture: Netflix.

Now, Efron has revealed that the original title of the film was rather … on the nose, too much so for Netflix, who swiftly changed the title to make it more accessible for audiences.

“Originally, it had a different title,” said Kidman during an interview with People, with Efron adding: “It was called Motherf***er.”

“Beeped out,” Kidman continued. “Somehow, that didn’t make it onto the Netflix title.”

Efron said: “That made the script stay at the top of the pile. It’s like, what on Earth could this be about?”

Kidman, 57, and Efron, 36, previously played doomed lovers in 2012’s The Paperboy, a gritty melodrama that has an extremely different ending to their latest project.

He added of accepting the Netflix role: “I jumped. I think we both kind of did. We jumped at it. It was like, this is perfect. What better way to reconnect? And we get to have fun.”

Kidman and Zac Efron previously worked together almost a decade ago. Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Netflix.

“It was just one of those things where it was sent to me and I read it and I went, ‘Yeah, I have to do something that is fun and funny and completely different,’” commented Kidman. “You know, the trajectory of my career has always led me more towards drama. I was like, ‘Please, I’m begging to have some fun and to be considered for some sort of romantic comedy at some point.’ So, this came to me, and I was like: ‘Yes, please, please, please.’ Because I never get offered them. I never get considered.”

Sadly, despite being a big hit with viewers, the film hasn’t proven quiet so popular with critics.

Less than a week since its premiere, the rom-com currently has a disappointing 44% score on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.

Kidman has a lot more projects in the pipeline, with a sequel to Practical Magic in the works, as well as a new season of Big Little Lies.