With temperatures approaching 32 degrees during the festival, celebrities “hate the red carpet”

"Oh my God, it's so hot, I'm so hot!" Nicole Kidman exclaimed as she walked into the Sala Grande, the central cinema of the Venice Film Festival, for the world premiere of her erotic thriller "Babygirl," fanning her face and neck under the much-needed (but underpowered) air conditioning. "It's so much cooler in here!" she then told a fan as she posed for a selfie.

Coincidentally, Kidman spoke on behalf of almost all festival-goers.

If Venice’s buzzword last year was strikes, for 2024 it will be — without a doubt — sweat. Buckets of it. So much so that even A-listers like Kidman, whose exalted existence should leave them indifferent to such a lowly matter as perspiration, are having trouble dealing with it.