She wears a sheer blouse, a considered attempt to be sexually appealing to her much younger subordinate.
Samuel doesnt seem so concerned with his own appearance.
But perhaps unexpectedly, the chain eclipses every other piece of clothing in the roommaybe even the film.
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Samuel has two sides.
The work costume is a monkey suit of sorts, Kurt adds.
We wanted him to feel almost like a boy in a mans suit, Kurt says.
Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman inBabygirl.
All the other little details like the gold chain kind of came out organically after that.
Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman inBabygirl.
Samuel is an enigma by design.
Paul Mescal inNormal People.
His is a deliberately opaque character; we can never get a total read on him.
It makes him feel good.
Youre either given a chain by someone who loves you or youre buying it for yourself.
Either scenario pulls focus to the wearer, Bart says.
The chain also translates as a quiet, self-assured masculinitysomething that comes across in Samuels actions.
(In one scene late in the film, he schools another character on outdated notions of female sexuality.
)Babygirlisnt the first time weve seen this phenomenon.
Why is there such unbridled lust for Connell’s necklace in Normal People?The Guardianwondered.
Is This the Sexiest Thing AboutNormal People?The Cutposited.Voxoffered to explain.
Paul Mescal inNormal People.
If anything, it may just be another projection onto the unknowable Samuel.
One of the best things about Samuel is that we never really know anything about him, Kurt says.
