‘She Chose Harm’: Nicole Kidman Like You’ve Never Seen Her in Moving Thriller

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In 2003, Nicole Kidman was frankly unrecognizable in the heartbreaking drama The Hours. After about fifteen years, the actor achieved a new feat in the category of extreme physical transformations with the excellent thriller Destroyer, where he is impressive. If you want to see it, this dark and edgy film with a stunning plot is available on Prime Video!

A dark and melancholic thriller

Hitting theaters in 2019, Destroyer sees Nicole Kidman (whom we highly recommend seeing again in the unfairly forgotten film opposite Tom Cruise) star as an LAPD detective. In the past, the latter infiltrated the gang in the California desert, with dramatic consequences. When the gang leader reappears, he must dig into his past to escape the demons.

For this demanding role of a broken but wicked woman, Nicole Kidman has metamorphosed. Tired face, dark circles under the eyes, damaged skin and gray hair: a very glamorous Hollywood actress is unrecognizable here as Charlize Theron in Monster.

the face Nicole Kidman in this Destroyer Shaded with melancholy, it conveys the psychological plight of her character as a fallen cop… Director Karine Kusama and the actress agree that this neglected aspect allows us to visually understand Erin Bell’s psychological state: her face reflects the passage of time. and regrets. “Don’t forget the alcohol”Kidman specifies. “He chose to harm the body, we can see that he wants to harm himself.”

Impressive makeup

“Makeup had to be planned and tested in advance to ensure it looked natural in both time frames”exact Karine Kusama. “The main make-up artist in the flashback sequences Bill Corso It gave Erin a fresh complexion, light spots and a sort of glow.”

“For the scenes set in the present, he masked his face to give it an uneven appearance and used pigments for sunspots, prosthetics for bags under his eyes, a broken nose and stains on his teeth.adds the filmmaker, who got noticed in 2000 with the film Girlfight. “Bill Corso created wrinkles on the face using dotted lines that stretch the skin and define age lines.”

Nicole Kidman recently starred in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: