Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson and Antonio Banderas star in 'Babygirl,' in theaters Christmas Day

Kidman, 57, plays a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family at risk when she begins a steamy affair with her much-younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson, 28. The cast also includes Talk to Me's Sophie Wilde and Antonio Banderas, who plays Kidman's character's husband.

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Kidman, who was most recently seen in Netflix's A Family Affair and The Perfect Couple, previously told PEOPLE she enjoys working with female directors "who are taking a huge bite out of this world right now."

"[Expats'] Lulu Wang is one of them, and I was like, yeah, let's go, I'm with you. Mimi Cave, Halina Reijn, who I just finished working with on Babygirl, and people like Susanne Bier and Karyn Kusama. These women are either in their prime or are in that sort of launching stage," she said in April. "I just love being a part of their world and their vision and being able to go, I'm here, I'll support you."

At a Venice press conference, Kidman said she never felt exploited while making Babygirl's intimate sequences.

"That's what made it so compelling, was being in the hands of Halina, because I knew she wasn't gonna exploit me," Kidman told reporters in August. "I mean, however anyone interprets that, I didn't feel exploited. I felt very much a part of it. It's the story that I wanted to be a part of, that I wanted to tell. And every part of me was committed to that."

She added of the cast and crew, "There was enormous care taken by all of us. We were all very, very gentle with each other and helped each other."