Strict rules for filming sex scenes after Nicole Kidman revealed she ‘didn’t want to orgasm anymore’ on set

Nicole Kidman revealed she 'didn't want to orgasm anymore' while filming her raunchy movie, but thankfully, there was a lot of stringent rules in place to help her in her role.

Kidman had been promoting her film in the latter part of last year and the beginning of this year, which focused a lot on her sex scenes. According to Page Six, Kidman’s soon-to-be ex-husband, Keith Urban, was a little uncomfortable about the film, which saw his wife with a younger man in compromising positions.

In July, the singer was interviewed by Australia’s Mix 102.3 Hayley & Max in the Morning radio show when he was asked about his wife starring roles with young men.

“What does Keith Urban think when he sees his beautiful wife with beautiful younger men like Zac Efron having these beautiful love scenes on TV and radio?” asked host Max Burford.

When the line went dead, the producer added: “I think his team hung up on us because they didn’t want us to ask that question. He’s gone, see you Keith.”

Sadly, the pair filed for a divorce in recent weeks.

In the film, Kidman stars alongside Harris Dickinson in the thriller Babygirl, which was written and directed by Halina Reijn.

Very different from her usual acting, the flick sees Kidman take on the role of Romy, a CEO who is a married mother that begins a love affair with her young intern, Samuel.

"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration," she told The Sun. “It’s like, ‘Don’t touch me’. There were times when we were shooting where I was like, ‘I don’t want to orgasm any more'.

“Don’t come near me. I hate doing this. I don’t care if I am never touched again in my life!

“I’m over it. It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout.”

For those who are unaware, intimacy scenes are strictly regulated and require an on-site intimacy coordinator to help actors to feel comfortable, and to ensure that everyone on set has consented to what is about to be shot.

What are the strict rules for intimate scenes?

Kidman starred opposite Dickinson in the steamy film (A24)

According to SAG AFTRA, ‘work that involves nudity or simulated sex places performers in uniquely vulnerable situations’ which ‘should be, something a performer is proud of and something they engage in willingly’.

That’s why there are strict rules in place to ‘protect a performer’s immediate and ongoing comfort and safety’.

They do this by ensuring the actors have ‘appropriate notice of nudity and simulated sex required from a role and audition process’ and ‘an opportunity to provide meaningful, written consent free of pressure or coercion’.

They’ll also have something given to them which outlines ‘parameters of nudity or simulated sex’ as well as providing them with ‘safe and secure working conditions that are not detrimental to their health, safety, morals and career.’

Also, at no point will anyone working with SAG-AFTRA contracts be asked to engage in real-life sex acts.

They’ll also have to wear a modesty garment (unless the actor and producer agree to go fully nude).

What is the set supposed to look like?

"There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration" (A24)

The set must be closed to ‘all persons who are not essential to the filming or rehearsal of a scene, meaning that only those necessary to be physically present in the moment are allowed on set.’

Those who aren’t essential might include other performers not involved in the scenes, crew members who don’t need to be there at the time, ‘financiers and studio executives, location owners and visitors.’

Those looking at the monitors are heavily regulated to, as they should only be looked at by those who are essential to the production of the scene and in a secure and private location.

Under no circumstances should anyone record the scene using a personal device, and a lot of times sets won’t allow those devices on set to avoid the possibility.

For the actors, a cover-up needs to be provided when they aren’t rehearsing or shooting the scene, or where there’s a pause in between shooting or rehearsing, so that they aren’t exposed for any longer than they need to be.

What isn’t allowed during post-production?

According to the website, nobody is allowed to double the actor through the use of digital tools or through hiring a body double to depict the person as nude unless they have received consent from the performer.

Also, they absolutely cannot show the performer in the nude in promotional material unless they have had written consent from the person whose body will be used.

All in all, it appears that the rules are incredibly tight and ensure the utmost safety of everyone involved- as they should.