{"id":20779,"date":"2020-11-13T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/mobile\/?p=20779"},"modified":"2021-03-08T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:44:30","slug":"nicole-kidman-in-marie-claire-magazine-australia-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=20779","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Kidman in Marie Claire Magazine, Australia November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nicole Kidman slips into our light-flooded Lavender Bay studio in Sydney without fuss or fanfare. Dressed in track pants and a slouchy tee, her hair swept back into a tight topknot, you\u2019d almost be forgiven for missing her entirely, except for the fact she\u2019s nudging six foot and seems lit from within, thanks to her famed alabaster skin. She\u2019s been up past midnight every night this week, pulling 14-hour days shooting the TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers, but you wouldn\u2019t know it. She\u2019s warm, spry and chatty as she enthusiastically sifts through a full rack of high-fashion pieces: \u201cIt feels like ages since I\u2019ve properly dressed up. I\u2019m excited!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Sunday \u2013 her supposed \u201cday off\u201d \u2013 yet after today\u2019s shoot, Kidman has a slew of Zoom meetings for her production company, Blossom Films, followed by a one-hour session with her dialect coach (\u201cI\u2019m playing a Russian who spent time in America and Britain, so try nailing that accent!\u201d). In-between all that \u201cwork stuff\u201d, she\u2019ll eke out time to collect her two youngest kids, 12-year-old Sunday and nine-year-old Faith, from her sister Antonia\u2019s place. The juggle is real, even when you\u2019re a Hollywood powerhouse with about 60 hit film and TV productions to your name. \u201cShe\u2019s the hardest working person in the business,\u201d says long-standing friend and Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea. \u201cHer talent is immense, but it\u2019s her work ethic that\u2019s truly astounding. She\u2019ll work tirelessly not just to get it done, but to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been two months since the multi-award-winning actor\/producer relocated to Australia with her husband, country music star Keith Urban, and their two daughters after the pandemic forced production of Nine Perfect Strangers to shift from LA to idyllic Byron Bay. It was a mammoth logistical task to move cast and crew, something Kidman was involved in as producer: \u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of sleepless nights, there\u2019s been a lot of stress this year, but we\u2019re making it work with protocols and limitations. I still can\u2019t believe we did it!\u201d But more on that later. Today we\u2019re chatting about her latest project, The Undoing, an HBO psychological thriller in which Kidman plays New York therapist Grace Fraser who discovers her picture-perfect marriage isn\u2019t what it seems. Warning: this six-part nail-biter, written by David E Kelley of Big Little Lies fame, requires binge viewing. (The sadists at Foxtel only sent five episodes, so I have an excruciating wait for the finale.) \u201cI want it to be a date-night series \u2013 couples to settle on the couch with pizza and devour it,\u201d says Kidman, who also sings the opening credits.<\/p>\n

Here, she opens up about working during COVID, her \u201csimple life\u201d with Urban and the kids, and her passion for championing female creatives.<\/p>\n

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