25 years have passed Stanley KubrickThe last movie“Eyes Wide Shut” was released after his death. Nicole Kidman teeth A look back at psychosexual dramas And the production surrounding it is filled with positive memories. With her then-husband Tom CruiseIn the film, the pair play a wealthy New York couple with relationship conflicts, and the storyline feels like it foreshadowed their 2001 breakup.
Looking back on the film A recent interview with the Los Angeles TimesWhen asked what she brought to the role, Kidman replied, “Boldness. I’m quite outspoken and Alice is quite outspoken, especially when she’s high, which I wasn’t. I’m just born that way. I’m outspoken.”
Kidman also credited Kubrick with encouraging her to be bold, despite the legendary director’s notoriously strict nature.
“The great thing about him is he told us, ‘Don’t deify me,’ that’s rule number one,” Kidman said. “When we came to his house, we were like, ‘Oh my God.’ The great Stanley Kubrick.“And that kind of thinking hinders the creative process. He didn’t like sycophants. He told us to throw out ideas, and that everyone should wait at least 10 seconds before saying no to an idea. I heard that, and in my 20s, I thought, ‘Right, let’s get started.’ It was an experimental thing, like making an Australian student film.”
When asked how Kubrick shaped her performance, Kidman didn’t know how to respond other than that he didn’t stop until he was happy, so she felt she had earned his trust and all she had to do was believe in herself and her mischievous personality.
“Maybe that’s why he cast me. He found that mischievous, provocative personality that was even more indicative of Alice,” Kidman told the Los Angeles Times. “The scene where I take off the dress… that’s me. It wasn’t in the script. It was a dress from my closet. ‘This is how I take off a dress, Stanley.’ I had so many clothes, we didn’t have to pay for clothes. And Stanley came in, and I was showing him all these beautiful dresses. And that’s what happened.”
