Olivia Wilde didn’t have any scenes with Charli XCX in Greg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex.” However, the ‘naughty’ singer received the sweet gift from Wilde.
“I left her in her chair because I knew she was going to come right after me,” Wilde told me Tuesday at the Baby2Baby Holiday event at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. “I bought her my favorite mug, a Bella Freud mug with ‘Hello, Conti’ written on it, and then I filled it with her favorite cigarettes and put a little rose in the middle of it. She loved it. She carried it with her.”
“I Want Your Sex” stars Wilde as an art-world celebrity who coerces a young man named Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) into becoming her sexual muse. What begins as an aspiring artist’s fantasy soon turns into an escalating nightmare. Details about Charlie’s role have been kept secret.
Wilde also rushed towards Araki. “He is a huge force,” she said. “It’s so unique and original. I’ve never met someone less Hollywood-y. He’s a filmmaker for all the right reasons. He’s weird in the best possible way. I’m very inspired by him. I feel in many ways that this movie reminded me of why I wanted to do this.”
Wilde said previously diverse She watched Charlie’s audition tape. “I texted her and said, ‘Of course, you’re also a great actress,’” Wilde recalls, calling the audition “amazing.”
“I Want Your Sex” wrapped principal photography in late October. “Congratulations to leading man Greg Araki, the amazing Cooper Hoffman, the entire cast, and our amazing crew for wrapping up this wild film,” Wilde captioned a photo of herself on set at the time. “I love you guys ♥.”
Wilde is a longtime supporter of Baby2Baby, which provides children living in poverty across the United States with diapers, formula, clothing and basic necessities. About 500 Los Angeles children from first through third grade attended the holiday event, which included a distribution of new toys and clothes as well as some play on the BMO soccer field. Wilde helped the children choose their toys.
“One of the things that makes this organization really special is that these kids don’t get junk,” she said. “They have the opportunity to choose from a range of new items that will be theirs. They are happy with the choice. They get that agency. It’s not just handing them something. It’s the process of handing them the bag and saying, ‘It’s your choice,’ and asking them about their interests. These games range from LEGO space and car building sets to Barbie toys I love the experience of watching each child think about “what am I interested in”, and then make that choice.
