Tom Cruise has opened in a rare interview on her ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, praising her actor skills and collaboration efforts during the manufacture of Eyes widened.
In a conversation with the British Film Institute View and sound Magazine, the Top Gun: Maverick Star, 62, recalled how he recommended Kidman for the role of Alice Hartford in the sexual drama of Stanley Kubrick in 1999. Cruise mentioned that their interaction with Kubrick during the development of the film was crucial to shape the project. “It was essentially him and I know,” said Cruise. “And when we did this, I suggested that Nicole would play the role. Because, of course, she is a great actress. “
Kidman, 57, was thrown into the game, and alongside Cruise, they portrayed a married couple sailing by unfaithful. Thinking about the unique process of making the film, Cruise described experience as one of the constant reshuffle and reminder scenes to get the good tone. “It was a very unique experience-not a big crew. We arrived in summer and fundamentally, we just started to test … Constantly rewrite the scenes and shooting them,” he added.
The actress previously thought of their time Eyes widened in an interview in 2020 with The New York TimesDescribing how, despite the dark nature of the film, she and Cruise would lighten the mood. “We were going to do kart races after these scenes,” said Kidman. “We were praising a place and reaching the race at 3 am.”
At the time, Kidman and Cruise raised their children, Isabella and Connor, and often appreciated family dinners with Kubrick, which was an important part of their lives during the shooting. “We have turned this for two years,” said Kidman. “We had two children and lived in a trailer on the lot mainly, making spaghetti because Stanley sometimes liked to eat with us.”
Cruise and Kidman separated in 2001, and although the two evolved with their respective families, their time together in personal and professional contexts remains an important chapter. Kidman later shared that the split was difficult, admitting in an interview of 2012 that it had taken him a long time to heal the divorce.
While Cruise married Katie Holmes and has a daughter, Suri, Kidman found love with singer Country Keith Urban in 2006. The couple shared two girls, Sunday and faith.
