Nicole Kidman Says She Was 'Happily Married' to Tom Cruise While Making Eyes Wide Shut Together
"We loved working with him. We had 2 kids and were living in a trailer on the lot primarily, making spaghetti because Stanley [Kubrick] liked to eat with us sometimes." This week, Nicole Kidman talks to us about acting, emotion and making "Eyes Wide Shut"https://t.co/cNs5gGG6Dz
- NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) October 5, 2020
In a new interview with the NYT, Nicole Kidman talks about filming Eyes Wide Shut with Cruise. She says they were happily married.
The interviewer asks:
You know how in “Eyes Wide Shut” you have that monologue in which your character is talking about infidelity and says to Tom’s character, “I was ready to give up everything”? That speech is all about emasculation and emotional aggression. If you’re acting those scenes with the person to whom you’re married, and doing it as part of this immersive process, can it open up negative feelings that later you maybe wish you hadn’t opened?
Nicole: That fits the narrative that people came up with, but I definitely didn’t see it like that. We were happily married through that. We would go go-kart racing after those scenes. We’d rent out a place and go racing at 3 in the morning. I don’t know what else to say. Maybe I don’t have the ability to look back and dissect it. Or I’m not willing to.
The interviewer also asks about the personal psychological analysis that he (Kubrick) asked of you and Tom Cruise as a couple for that film.
Nicole: We loved working with him. We shot that for two years. We had two kids and were living in a trailer on the lot primarily, making spaghetti because Stanley liked to eat with us sometimes. We were working with the greatest filmmaker and learning about our lives and enjoying our lives on set.
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