Harris Dickinson at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year

Harris Dickinson has admitted that there was a “big part” of the reaction to him starring in the erotic thriller Babygirl that caught him off guard.

The British actor starred opposite Nicole Kidman in the film, which centred around a CEO who becomes embroiled in a submissive sexual relationship with a much younger intern at her firm.

During Harrison’s recent appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the host pointed out that in the wake of Babygirl’s release, many viewers turned into a “meme-ified” and “internet version” of the movie.

“If I’m honest, there was a big part of that [which I] really didn’t enjoy, speaking openly,” Harrison responded.

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in their erotic thriller Babygirl

Showing love for director Halina Reijn and his co-star Nicole, he continued: “The way that the internet and the fans reduced some of it was quite strange. But you can’t really control that and you can’t really get caught up in it. But people are strange.”

He lamented: “I think........

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