In all of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual musings, he possible by no means imagined the circumstance that Damian and Elizabeth Hurley created when filming the film Strictly Confidential: a son directing his mom in a intercourse scene. “It’s fascinating, individuals are getting very up in arms about this,” Damian tells Vogue, glancing over at Elizabeth. The mother-son duo are Zooming in from the identical display, seated shoulder-to-shoulder in entrance of a poshly adorned mantle. “It’s simply showbiz.”
As a youngster processing his buddy’s loss of life from suicide, Damian discovered catharsis in creating what would finally turn into his directorial debut. “It was fairly therapeutic. Sitting down and scripting this correctly kind of closed a chapter,” he says. The movie, a “sensual thriller with a devilish twist,” because it’s described by distributor Lionsgate, facilities on Mia (Georgia Lock), a younger girl struggling to deal with her greatest buddy Rebecca’s (Lauren McQueen) suicide. One yr later, Mia reunites with Rebecca’s family and friends on the Caribbean island the place the tragedy unfolded. “I believe it is going to resonate with lots of people who’ve been touched [by suicide], however I additionally hope, blended in with that, individuals can even get pleasure from [a] horny, superb, attractive movie,” Damian says.
Regardless of the heavy material, the movie—which could have a restricted theatrical launch starting April 5—is rife with illicit trysts. One such taboo romance entails Elizabeth’s Lily, who’s engaged in a passionate affair together with her late daughter’s buddy, Natasha (Pear Chiravara). However Damian didn’t write the script with the intention of directing his mom in a queer intercourse scene. In earlier drafts, Elizabeth’s character was a person, however after Damian was approached by Lionsgate to write down and direct the movie, he had second ideas. “I began pondering, How can I make it sexier? And simply thought, Oh my God, what if it’s a girl?” he says. “In fact, the second I had that half, it made complete sense to beg—beg—my mighty mom to come back on board.”
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