Harris Dickinson Reports Sexualized Fan Remarks; Lennon Role

Harris Dickinson says he has been subject to “deeply inappropriate” sexualized comments from fans since starring opposite Nicole Kidman in the psychosexual thriller Babygirl. On the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, he recounted women making unacceptable remarks at press events and Q&As, including being asked to dance and being told about viewers’ sexual experiences, incidents he felt pressured to laugh off. He praised director Halina Reijn and Kidman and stressed the film’s themes of liberation and constraint, arguing it is more than its erotic content. Dickinson criticized a cultural double standard that normalizes sexualizing younger male actors and said navigating fame and overwhelming fan attention has left him shaken. He added that the fallout has followed him while he prepares to play John Lennon in Sam Mendes’s upcoming Beatles project.