Nicole Kidman's 'Babygirl' writer-director Halina Reijn said she believes 'it should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch' in movies that depict relationships between women and younger men.

"It should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch and that women have different relationships," filmmaker Halina Reijn says.

It’s tempting to see the film as a character study, but there’s a lot about Romy that Reijn would rather not share. Romy’s assistant, Esme (Sophie Wilde), mentions that her boss grew up in a cult. We catch a glimpse of it in a quick flashback. But there’s no pathological “a-ha!” moment. Romy is who she is.

Halina Reijn sat down with W Magazine in an interview published on Wednesday and addressed “Babygirl” being a part of the recent trend in movies featuring May-December romances. Kidman is 57 and her lover in the flick, Harris Dickinson, is 28.

Over the years, men have been involved with younger female love interests (both on-screen and off), without many giving it a second thought. Women in similar situations have usual

Babygirl is incredibly sexy. It’s also funny, and daring. That’s especially true of a key scene, in which two lovers discover their boundaries in a hotel. What’s fascinating about this particular scene in Babygirl isn’t just its length—though it’s a remarkable 10 minutes—but its fearless approach to kink and desire,