Homicide(?), thriller, and steamy love scenes are however a number of of the issues which are sure to spark viewers curiosity in Strictly Confidential. The opposite is the truth that the brand new thriller was written and directed by Damian Hurley and stars his mum, Elizabeth Hurley (Gossip Woman, The Royals, Austin Powers, Bedazzled). Georgia Lock (Evermoor), Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, and Genevieve Gaunt spherical out the enticing younger solid on this soapy, attractive Caribbean-set outing from Lionsgate.

The lowdown: It’s the anniversary of Rebecca’s (McQueen) demise, and Mia (Lock) returns to the Caribbean paradise the place she and her finest buddy shared her remaining days. Mia can’t shake the trauma and units out to uncover the mysterious demise. No sensual thriller is void of devilish twists. Strictly Confidential piles them excessive. Followers of Gossip Woman, Riverdale, Sliver, or A Easy Favor will little doubt be pulled into this seductive world of intercourse, betrayal, and homicide. All that and provocative love scenes with Elizabeth Hurley filmed by her… son. The mom/son duo unpack all that and extra concerning the filmmaker’s first cinematic outing on this unique MovieWeb interview. Learn on.

The Tragedy That Impressed Strictly Confidential

Strictly Confidential (2024)

Launch Date

April 5, 2024

Director

Damian Hurley

Solid

Georgia Lock , Lauren McQueen , Elizabeth Hurley , Freddie Thorp , Pear Chiravara , Max Parker

Runtime

89

Damian Hurley grew up within the public eye. His mom, Elizabeth Hurley, was already a film star when he was born within the early 2000s. Getting into present enterprise appeared like an ideal match, nevertheless it wasn’t till the pandemic hit that Hurley absolutely solidified his dedication to his future. When requested concerning the genesis of Strictly Confidential and what impressed him to write down and direct it—Elizabeth Hurley can be one of many producers—he mentioned:

“I first got here up with the thought for this movie once I was 17. Me and my buddies misplaced a really shut lady from our friendship group to suicide. And it was a extremely horrific, devastating time. On the time, I noticed tons of my buddies actually wrestle to not solely understand it, however truly refuse to just accept that it had occurred.”

He continued, sharing his expertise of dropping one other liked one in his life, “Though I may sympathize with them, I could not actually perceive what they had been feeling till my organic father took his personal life the yr afterward,” he defined. “I actually pulled on that once I was penning this movie. You already know, it is a couple of younger lady who refuses to just accept the mysterious circumstances surrounding her finest buddy’s suicide and goes on a determined quest to search out the reality.”

Filming These Sensual Scenes in Strictly Confidential

Elizabeth Hurley discovered fame within the Nineties due to the Austin Powers movies starring Mike Myers. There was additionally the tabloid-tracking heated romance with Hugh Grant. Different movie comedies, reminiscent of Bedazzled and EDtv, revealed her pure ease with the style. Provocative movies and TV roles, reminiscent of The Weight of Water, Mad Canine and Englishmen, Gossip Woman, and The Royals, supplied a mixture of thriller and sensuality. Strictly Confidential blends the latter, revealing a number of eye-popping scenes between Hurley’s Lily and Pear Chiravara’s Natasha. Hurley has filmed steamy scenes prior to now, however not in entrance of her personal son. And with out an intimacy coordinator, no much less. How did that go down?

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“To be sincere, filming the intimate scenes for Strictly Confidential truly felt actually liberating,” Hurley admitted. “It was a superb feeling as an actress to have somebody who I knew was utterly on my aspect, on the opposite aspect of the digital camera; any person who needed to make the most effective scenes doable, needed me to really feel comfy and to essentially [have] my character shine by way of and to get it proper. I simply felt relaxed having Damian there as a result of we’ve a form of—Damian calls it our twin telepathy. And it simply labored rather well. Some folks assume maybe that was awkward. It wasn’t awkward. It was truly simply great.”

Elizabeth Hurley Says She Is ‘Very in Sync’ With Son Damian

Leaping off Hurley’s “twin telepathy” remark, we requested the actress when she knew she and her son Damian had a novel connection. “I used to be the single mom of a single youngster,” she mentioned. “So, by default, we had been one another’s confidants fairly early on in Damian’s life.”

Damian Hurley’s father, Steve Bing, died by suicide in June 2020 on the age of 55. Having raised a toddler on her personal created a deep bond. “It wasn’t actually till [the] COVID lockdown that all of a sudden we spent quite a lot of time collectively,” Hurley added. “And that is once I assume his inventive juices actually began to movement as properly.” Throughout his youth, Hurley wrote his first brief movie earlier than shifting on to draft Strictly Confidential. Elizabeth Hurley added:

“I believe we simply realized then that we had been very in sync. We each liked the identical issues in present enterprise. We needed to attain the identical factor along with his first film. I spotted that I actually needed to dedicate a few of my time to his initiatives and provides him that begin within the business that he’d chosen. And we’ve a shorthand, which I believe actually helps. On some ranges, it means we’re most likely ruder to one another than you’ll be to a different work colleague, as a result of, you recognize, we’re household.”

“Impolite” but loving, and Hurley went on to say that these blunt reveals truly velocity issues up. “The most important factor of all is that we love one another, in order that on set he may say to me, ‘Mother, you missed your mark.’ Which after all for one more actor, he could not be so impolite. ‘And I can say to him, ‘Damien, you’ve got bought 5 minutes to get out of this constructing, we have one other location to get to.’ As a producer, I would not go and communicate to a different director like that. So, in actual fact, we fairly like working collectively. It really works.”

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Elizabeth Hurley Informed Her Son to Keep away from Present Enterprise

Certain sufficient, in the event you come from a showbiz household, you’re sure to observe some your clan’s work. Damian Hurley did. “My favourite rising up, clearly, Austin Powers, Gossip Woman, The Royals, Bedazzled, I all the time liked my mother’s work.” Deciding to be a filmmaker is a giant choice, nevertheless. Was there any recommendation his mom gave him about getting into the business?

“Effectively, initially it was to not enter the leisure enterprise. Everybody within the business, together with myself, would inform anybody who needed to come back into the business—do not. It is a beast business and it is torturous. However on the similar time, there’s nothing we would somewhat do. I can not consider one other business on the planet I may probably dare to be in. As soon as mum understood I wasn’t going to develop into a banker or a lawyer or an astrophysicist, she bought completely behind it each step of the best way and has been so ludicrously invaluable.”

“I can not think about having tried to aim this venture with no inventive producer on completely unequivocally Workforce Damian,” he added. “I do not know the way it could have been. It definitely would not have been such easy crusing.” Strictly Confidential hits theaters and is offered On Demand April 5. Watch the trailer under.