"I'm very very smell sensitive. I'm either drawn to or drawn away based on a smell. You could be the most gorgeous, gorgeous guy, and you come at me with bad breath and I'm like no, no, no. If I say breathe on me and I have to recoil? I'm out. I'm out. You could not offer me enough money."
"When Alexander Skarsgård ate a falafel sandwich before we did the scenes in Big Little Lies, I'm meant to be kissing you and into you. Put away the falafel now. Because the bad breath does not turn me on. As I said, it is very important to smell good but more importantly, the mouth - the taste of the mouth and the smell of the mouth - is very important to me."
Nicole Kidman revealed her extreme sensitivity to smell during a podcast interview, explaining that she uses her olfactory sense to determine professional boundaries on set. She disclosed that bad breath is a dealbreaker when filming intimate scenes, stating she would reject any role if an actor's breath was unpleasant. Kidman recalled confronting Alexander Skarsgård during Big Little Lies filming, asking him to avoid eating a falafel sandwich before their romantic scenes together. She emphasized that the taste and smell of an actor's mouth significantly impacts her ability to perform convincingly in intimate moments, making oral hygiene a non-negotiable requirement for her professional collaborations.
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