The age gap between Nicole, 57, and Harris, 28, has consequently raised eyebrows. Nevertheless, Halina has since defended casting an older female lead with a younger male counterpart.
She toldW Magazineon Wednesday: “If we see a movie where the male actor is the same age as the female actor, we find that odd.”
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“Which is insane. It should completely be normalized that theage gapsswitch and that women have different relationships.
“We’re not trapped in a box anymore. We internalize the male gaze, we internalizepatriarchy, and we need to free ourselves from it. It’s really hard.”
Halina admitted that she castNicolefor her fearless commitment to a “controversial” role and paired her with Harris, whose layered performance balanced vulnerability and masculinity.
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Halina shared: “She also said she wanted to surrender to it and not change a thing.
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“I needed someone to be as courageous as the script tries to be.
“Once Nicole was on board, I woke up totally panicked. We had one of the best actors in the world.
“It’s impossible to find a young man who’s not only as good as her, but can dominate her.”
“But then I saw Harris inTriangle of Sadness. He’s so vulnerable, yet so masculine and macho.
“He’s kind of an ideal man, because he has all of these layers.”
The Dutch film director also highlighted the importance of using an intimacy coordinator for choreographed, safe, and realistic depictions of sexuality on set.
Halina argued that relationships featuring older women and younger men should be normalized
She revealed: “Because I was an actress, safety is my first priority at all times.
“I’ve experienced a lot of male directors sitting in a North Face jacket on a high chair while you’re crawling around on the floor.
“I’ve always felt very unsafe and just embarrassed, to be honest with you. I felt like an open wound.”
Halina, who has appeared inRed LightandConspiracy of Silenceadded: “You can’t do a fight without a stunt coordinator.
“Your actors will get hurt, and it will look lame on camera. It’s the same withsex scenes.
“It’s very, very useful to have someone who knows all the little tricks and makes everyone feel safe.”
Halina also criticized societal double standards
“Within the structure of a choreographed plan, the actors can let go and be totally free.
“Funny enough, the days with intimacy scenes are often the most clear. There are still nerves, but everybody comes to set super prepared.
“I wanted those scenes to feel incredibly hot and steamy and fun, but I also wanted them to be real.”
“Sexuality is stop-and-go. It’s never like a glamour scene from a Hollywood movie in the ’90s. That’s just not how it works.”
“It should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch and that women have different relationships,” Halina said
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In a recent interview withThe Sun, the Aussie talent said: “There were times when we were shooting where I was like, ‘I don’t want to orgasm anymore.’
“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.”
“We’re not trapped in a box anymore,” the filmmaker revealed
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“There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration,”TheMoulin Rouge!star said.
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