‘It’s Just Crude’: Aaron Sorkin Recalls Being Forced to Write Sex Scene for Nicole Kidman

Aaron Sorkin is “not proud” of one movie that forced him to write a sex scene for Nicole Kidman. The acclaimed director and screenwriter worked with the Academy Award-winning actress on a forgotten crime thriller over three decades ago.

Ahead of his new movie The Social Reckoning, Sorkin spoke with The New York Times and recalled the time when he was young in his career. The filmmaker revealed how he was once forced to write down an erotic scene featuring Nicole Kidman and Alec Baldwin.

“For instance, my second movie [Malice, 1993] is one I’m not proud of at all. Everything went wrong. This movie starred Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman. It was an R-rated thriller. We were in rehearsal, we’re about a week away from shooting, and the director, Harold Becker, said, ‘We need a sex scene with Alec and Nicole. It’s ridiculous that there’s no sex scene with Alec and Nicole. So I want you to go to your hotel room and write one.'”

Sorkin mentioned that he tried to establish the scene with a “sexy banter, ending with ‘they fall onto the bed as we cut to the quad the next morning.'” However, Becker wanted an elaborate scene. He told Sorkin, “Just go to your hotel room and write down what you’d like to see Nicole do.” However, Sorkin eventually decided not to write it. He thought it was “not sexy. It’s not erotic. It’s just crude. It’s bad writing!”

How did critics respond to the Malice movie with Nicole Kidman?

Malice featured Nicole Kidman and Alec Baldwin in the roles of Tracy Kennsinger and Dr. Jed Hill, respectively.

The ensemble cast also featured Bill Pullman (Spaceballs), Bebe Neuwirth (Don’t Say Good Luck), George C. Scott (A Christmas Carol), Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker), Peter Gallagher (American Beauty), Josef Sommer (Still of the Night), and Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), among others.

The R-rated drama was released in theaters in 1993 amid a lukewarm response from critics. Currently, it holds a poor Tomatometer score of just 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Malice couldn’t connect with the audience members either. This is evident from its abysmal Popcornmeter score of 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.

As a result, the movie couldn’t create an impact at the box office as well. Malice only earned just over $46 million globally during its entire theatrical run.

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