Babygirl’s grossest scene is based a true glass of milk
Got milk? Babygirl director Halina Reijn says that the milk thing happened to her, and it only made her “a little nauseated.”
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One of Babygirl‘s most infamous acts of sadomasochism begins with a glass of milk. In Babygirl, Romy (Nicole Kidman) receives a mysterious order of milk at a restaurant, only to realize the sender is her intern, Samuel (Harris Dickson). Never one to turn down something that “does the body good,” she chugs without question, earning a “good girl” from Samuel and a wince from the lactose-intolerant masses at home. To anyone over the age of four whose constitution can no longer handle 12 oz of uncut dairy, it was a shocking scene. Undoubtedly riskier than a coffee date, there’s nothing sexier than the reckless abandon of overdosing on dairy, risking diarrhea and a phlegmy throat, in the middle of a steamy courtship. But this sort of thing happens all the time in Europe, where everyone indulges in dairy-based sex games.