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The 58-year-old actress recalls the experience of two years of filming with a director who died six months before the film’s release in 1999

Nicole Kidman admitted in an interview with the magazine Vogue who didn’t fully understand Eyes Wide Shut during filming and had to question the director Stanley Kubrick about the meaning of the project. When he asked the filmmaker what the film represented, Kidman He received the answer: “Never ask me that!”

The 1999 erotic psychological drama starred Kidman and her then husband Tom Cruiseplaying a couple dealing with infidelity. The cast also included Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson and Alan Cumming. Kubrick he directed, produced and co-wrote the film, but died of a heart attack at the age of 70, six months before production was released.

In the same interview with Vogue, Kidman established a connection between Eyes Wide Shut and your film Babygirlreleased in 2024, as a way of reflecting on the breadth of his career. “One ends with the word ‘f****’ and the other ends with the action itself, and there’s my career,” declared the actress with a laugh.

In an interview with The New York Times in 2020, Kidman provided details about work experience with Kubrick. The actress revealed that filming lasted two years, during which time she and Cruise they lived in a trailer at the studio with their two children. “We made spaghetti because Stanley He liked to eat with us sometimes. We were working with the greatest filmmaker and learning about our lives and enjoying our lives on set,” he recalled.

Kidman emphasized that she and Cruisenow 63, were “happily married” during filming. When asked if working on the film brought negative feelings about their relationship, the actress responded that they raced go-karts after scenes, renting a place to race at three in the morning. “I don’t know what else to say. Maybe I don’t have the ability to look back and dissect this. Or I’m not willing to do that,” she said.

Years after filming, the actress admitted that Kubrick may have been “exploiting” his marriage with Cruisewhich ended in 2001, to “inform the relationship” between the two main characters. Kidman described that the director was interested in certain ideas and asked a lot of questions, but had a solid understanding of the story he was telling.

Born in Argentina but based in Brazil for over 15 years, Daniela found music to be her universal language. Graduated in radio broadcasting from UNESP, she became a creative researcher and established her footing in music journalism on the Popload portal. Gateira, during the week he looks for his next favorite band and on the weekends he always finds a good show to watch.

Source: Rollingstone

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