In all of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual musings, he seemingly 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 screen, seated shoulder-to-shoulder in entrance of a poshly adorned mantle. “It’s simply showbiz.”

As a youngster processing his good friend’s demise from suicide, Damian discovered catharsis in creating what would ultimately grow to be 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 finest good friend Rebecca’s (Lauren McQueen) suicide. One 12 months later, Mia reunites with Rebecca’s family and friends on the Caribbean island the place the tragedy unfolded. “I feel it can resonate with lots of people who’ve been touched [by suicide], however I additionally hope, combined in with that, individuals may also get pleasure from [a] attractive, superb, attractive movie,” Damian says.

Regardless of the heavy subject material, the movie—which can have a restricted theatrical launch starting April 5—is rife with illicit trysts. One such taboo romance includes Elizabeth’s Lily, who’s engaged in a passionate affair together with her late daughter’s good friend, 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 put in writing and direct the movie, he had second ideas. “I began considering, How can I make it sexier? And simply thought, Oh my God, what if it’s a lady?” 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.”