Halina Reijn has spoken out in protection of Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson’s 29-year age distinction.
In a current interview with W Magazine on December 25, the 49-year-old movie director talked about casting for her newest launch Babygirl, which has garnered constructive critiques from critics and audiences.
When discussing age gaps in current movies like The Idea of You, she remarked, “If we see a film the place the male actor is identical age as the feminine actor, we discover that odd.”
“Which is insane. It ought to fully be normalized that the age gaps change and that ladies have totally different relationships,” she continued.
Halina additional acknowledged that they shouldn’t be confined to society’s previous expectations, including that they’ve internalized the patriarchy, and it’s essential, now greater than ever, to interrupt free from it irrespective of how difficult it could be.
She shared the method that went behind casting Nicole and Harris within the erotic thriller, revealing the 57-year-old actress had reached out herself.
The filmmaker defined that The Perfect Couple actress had demanded to be solid in it after studying the preliminary draft, stating she needed to completely embrace the function with out altering something.
The Dutch actress instructed the journal that she awakened in disbelief the subsequent day as a result of she couldn’t imagine she had the most effective actresses on board.
She additionally talked about that discovering a younger man who might match the Australian actress’ talent was a tough, however after seeing the 28-year-old English actor in Triangle of Sadness, Halina knew she had discovered the right actor to suit the function.
