Keith Urban blushed when asked if he had seen his wife Nicole Kidman’s new erotic thriller, Babygirl.
Urban appeared on The Sunday Project this weekend, where comedian and guest panellist David Walliams was keen to hear the singer’s thoughts on the risqué film.
—Have you seen Nicole’s new movie, babe? It’s supposed to be an erotic thriller? —he asked.
Keith admitted he wasn’t, prompting David to ask, “Are you looking forward to it?”
A nervous Keith confessed: “A lot,” before adding that he was “very proud” of Nicole, because “she’s very daring with her choices.”
The country star then thrilled fans by announcing that she has a tour of Australia planned.
“I’m delighted to be back and playing, we’re playing in August next year,” he said, revealing dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Wollongong.
The High and Alive World Tour will kick off on August 13, 2025 at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
Keith Urban (pictured) blushed when asked if he had seen his wife Nicole Kidman’s new erotic thriller Babygirl.
Comes after Nicole She admitted she felt “vulnerable” while filming multiple masturbation scenes, as well as a depiction of a submissive/dominant relationship, for her new erotic thriller Babygirl.
The 57-year-old actress said her hands were shaking with nerves yesterday as she presented the film, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Rising British star Harris Dickinson has a career-changing role as Samuel, the intern who senses that his boss Kidman, the CEO of a tech company, wants to be dominated.
Kidman hasn’t done anything like this since the dreamlike erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut with then-husband Tom Cruise 25 years ago.
She said an intimacy coordinator and a closed set had been vital to creating the sex scenes that tell the story of her character’s existential crisis, resolved through a taboo-breaking sexual odyssey.
Kidman said: ‘I think this movie is obviously about sex, but it’s also about desire, about your inner thoughts, about secrets, about marriage, about truth, about power, about consent.
Urban appeared on The Sunday Project this weekend, where comedian and guest panellist David Walliams (pictured) was keen to hear the singer’s thoughts on the racy film. “Have you seen Nicole’s new movie babe? It’s supposed to be an erotic thriller,” he asked.
Nicole (left) admitted she felt “vulnerable” filming multiple masturbation scenes, plus a depiction of a submissive/dominant relationship, for her new erotic thriller Babygirl.
“It’s a woman’s story and I hope it’s a very liberating story. It’s told by a woman through her eyes. It’s a script by Halina (Reijn), she wrote it and directed it and that made it unique, that suddenly I was going to be in the hands of a woman with this material. It was something very close to our shared instincts and very, very liberating.”
She added: “I don’t think there’s a value judgement (on the character). Each person has to react to Romy and her behaviour. My connection to this is that I want to examine human beings, women, on screen, to explore what it means to be human in all the facets of that and the labyrinth of that.”
She said she was “exposed, vulnerable and scared to give it to the world” but that her experience of doing so had been “delicate, intimate and very profound.”
She said: “I knew she wasn’t going to exploit me. Regardless of how anyone interprets it, I didn’t feel exploited. I felt a part of it. We all looked out for each other so much, we were so kind to each other and we helped each other out. I felt very authentic, protected and at the same time real.”
The film opens with Kidman’s character, Romy Mathis, faking a very convincing orgasm while having sex with her husband, played by Antonio Banderas, and then going into another room and masturbating to pornography.
She explores her desire to be dominated with her intern but, unlike previous erotic dramas such as Basic Instinct, female desire does not destroy her career or family life and, without giving away the ending, she remains professionally powerful and married at the conclusion of the story.
Keith admitted he wasn’t, prompting David to ask: “Are you looking forward to it?” A nervous Keith confessed: “Very much so,” before adding that he was “really proud” of Nicole, because “she’s very bold with her choices.”
In Babygirl, Nicole plays a high-powered New York business executive who begins a risky romance with her much younger intern.
She takes on the role of Romy, a business executive who is balancing her career while trying to find fulfillment in her marriage to a theater director (Antonio).
The actress recently admitted she’s not sure she has the “courage” to see the film at the Venice Film Festival.
Talking with Vanity FairShe said: “There’s something inside me that says, ‘OK, this was made for the big screen and for people to see. I’m not sure I have that much courage.”
“I’ve made some pretty revealing films, but not like this one.”
Nicole added that Babygirl is the most “expository” film of her career to date.
The Big Little Lies star said she feels particularly anxious when people see the film’s racy sex scenes.
She said: “It’s like, wow, I’m doing this and now everyone’s going to see it. It’s a very strange feeling.”
Nicole shared her apprehension about the public seeing the sex scenes, admitting the “vulnerable” filming process left her feeling “gutted”.
Kidman hasn’t done anything like this since the dreamy erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut with then-husband Tom Cruise 25 years ago.
