‘Babygirl’ Director Says Milk Scene Really Happened to Her: ‘Famous’ Belgian Actor Sent Her a Glass at a Bar and ‘He Was at Least 15 Years Younger’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director One of the standout moments in Halina Reijn‘s erotic thriller “Babygirl” finds Nicole Kidman‘s Romy being sent a glass of milk from the young intern she’s having an affair with while they’re separately at the same bar.

Romy accepts the challenge and finishes the entire glass in one sip. Later on, the intern leaves the bar and calls Romy a “good girl.” It’s a sensual and humorous moment, and it’s one that actually happened to Reijn in real life. “The milk is, of course, an archetype.

We’ve seen it in other movies. It is a great symbol of animalistic sides of ourselves. It happened to me,” the writer-director recently told IndieWire. “I was playing in Belgium onstage, and I got offstage, and I had a really good run, and I was like, ‘Oh my god!’ I felt really good about myself for one night in my life.

All my colleagues were like, ‘No, we’re going to bed.’ They’re all boring. I was all alone. I went to a bar, and I ordered something boring like a Diet Coke because I didn’t drink at that time because I was a control freak.” “There was this young Belgian actor — I can’t say who it is — but he was famous,” Reijn continued. “I knew of him.