Nicole Kidman covers the DuJour's latest issue, primarily to promote Being the Ricardos as well as to help her Oscar campaign. The DuJour cover story aims to remind readers that Kidman was known before her love affair with Botox as a shapeshifter actress who could play any role and can do any accent. Is this still true? I'm not sure. I don't know. Kidman's accent has been a little off lately, and even with all the wigs she has at her disposal, it still looks like Nicole Kidman. The full DuJour article can be found here. Here are some highlights:

Ricardos's response relieves her: "I was so scared... I thought, "Oh, my God! I'm not the right guy." Perhaps I didn't think it through. But it was too late.

Kidman is always anxious about big projects. She acknowledges that this is part of her trajectory. I get terrified. It was on The Others, a blockbuster horror film from 2001. The same thing happened in The Hours the next year. Virginia Woolf won an Oscar for her role.

Why Kidman takes big swings: Kidman acknowledges that there is a lot of unconscious decision making involved when it comes to her "big swings". "I have a stable home life so I can go away and then always return here. It's part of growing older and simply looking at life. It's common in the industry to say that a woman actor is done when she's 40. Although I have never heard anyone say that you are past your due date from a chair, I've seen it happen. It's changing and moving. But that's what Being the Ricardos' is all about.

She tried to imitate Virginia Woolf's voice her first time. Kidman recalls, "It was absolutely terrible." He said, "I don't want that." Directors say "No," if they are truthful. She adds that Stanley Kubrick would be asking "What was that?" "Over and over."

She doesn't need to be a nice director. "I carefully choose the directors with whom I work. It's not about being nice. It's not about being nice. I am here to help. What can you do?

Comedy is difficult. It's insanely hard. It was so hard that I didn't realize how difficult it was. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a great example. Mary Tyler Moore is the one you see. They're bold. They won't hear a joke.

Her children: Sunday Rose, her daughter, "wants to become a director." I haven't done anything, but she has. "She's taught me to edit and if she even offers to let me be in one of her movies, it's clear that I'm not getting any closer to them." Kidman recently revealed that her daughter directed Annie on stage. Kidman says, "All I wanted was to whoop and holl." But I'm kept under lock and key. I want to say, "You're amazing!" But I am not allowed to compliment the car's windows or call out for compliments.

Parenting hands-on: "I have a huge desire to be there. I don't want them to miss their bedtimes. I consider that bedtime so important. We talk. We strive to be consistent. The most consistent thing is "I'm here, I love you, and that will never change."

[From DuJour]

She says she always tries to leave movies at the last moment, which I agree with. She probably arrives at the location or set, becomes nervous and calls her agent to ask him for a way out. This must be her routine for almost every film. It was a shame she couldn't find a way out of Being the Ricardos. But here we are. She spoke well about growing older and not giving as much thought to what you are "supposed" to do. It's not as if you lose interest in things after 40. You don't stop worrying about them, and you don't stop feeling anxious or nervous. But you do care about the little things, such as keeping up appearances and other people's opinions.

Cover photo courtesy DuJour. Additional photos courtesy Avalon Red, Backgrid.

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By: Kaiser
Title: Nicole Kidman: There’s a consensus in the industry that actresses are done at 40
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Published Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:10:01 +0000