Nicole Kidman looked glamorous as she arrived at the Hotel Excelsior on Friday during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
The 57-year-old actress is visiting the Italian festival to promote her new erotic thriller Babygirl, in which she stars opposite Harris Dickinson.
The movie star looked stunning that day in a black midi dress with a plunging neckline that accentuated her slim figure.
The garment featured short sleeves and pleated shoulders, while Nicole elevated her height with a pair of white kitten heels.
The Oscar winner wore her blonde locks in a ponytail and paired her outfit with sunglasses.
Nicole Kidman looked glamorous as she arrived at the Hotel Excelsior on Friday during the 81st Venice International Film Festival
The actress, 57, is visiting the Italian festival to promote her new erotic thriller film Babygirl, in which she stars opposite Harris Dickinson
In Babygirl, Nicole plays an influential New York businesswoman who begins a risky affair with her much younger intern.
The actress recently admitted that she isn’t sure if she has the “courage” to go see the film at the Venice Film Festival.
Speaking with Vanity Fairshe said, “There’s something inside me that says, ‘Okay, this is made for the big screen and to be seen with people. I’m not sure I have that much courage.’”
“I’ve made some films that were quite revealing, but not like this.”
Nicole added that Babygirl is the most “revealing” film of her career so far.
The Big Little Lies star said she’s most concerned about the film’s racy sex scenes.
She said, ‘It’s like, golly, I’m doing this, and now it’s actually going to be seen by the world. That’s a really weird feeling.’
Nicole expressed concern about the audience seeing the sex scenes, admitting she felt “battered” by the “vulnerable” filming process.
Nicole appeared to be in good spirits as she posed for the cameras after arriving at the festival
The garment featured short sleeves and pleated shoulders, while Nicole elevated her height with a pair of white kitten heels
In Babygirl, Nicole takes on the role of Romy, a businesswoman who tries to combine her career with her marriage to a theater director (Antonio).
Their marriage takes a hit when new intern Samuel (Harris) makes it clear he’s attracted to Romy and they begin exploring a “forbidden sexual dynamic.”
Director Halina Reijn wanted to emphasize the female orgasm in the thriller. There is a charged scene in which Romy masturbates.
This isn’t the first time Nicole has starred in a steamy age-gap romance. She recently starred in the Netflix series A Family Affair opposite Zac Efron.
The romantic comedy saw the duo share a steamy nude scene together, with Nicole sharing insight into the filming process in a recent interview.
She spoke about how she finds it “lazy” to rely solely on chemistry when casting lovers, while sharing her thoughts on chemistry tests during auditions.
Babygirl stars Nicole as an influential New York businesswoman who embarks on a risky affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson
This isn’t the first time Nicole has starred in a steamy age-gap romance, as she recently starred in the Netflix series A Family Affair opposite Zac Efron (pictured)
She told The Hollywood Reporter‘s Drama Actress Roundtable: “There’s a way to shoot things, I think just relying on chemistry is lazy. There’s the writing, there’s the interaction — you can literally be led through it.”
“Also, you can have no chemistry, but on screen it is created,” she added.
A Family Affair was not a critical success, with Nicole’s husband Keith Urban later claiming that he was ‘secretly’ pleased with the poor reception.
An insider told New Idea that Keith (56) was unhappy about his wife getting cosy with Zac, despite the pair last being lovers 12 years ago in the hit crime drama The Paperboy.
“He trusts Nicole completely, but he’s concerned that she’s getting so intimate with Zac on screen for the second time,” the source said.
“She probably won’t do it a third time, which makes Keith incredibly happy deep down — something he should keep to himself, of course!”