Nicole Kidman, Meghann Fahy and ‘The Perfect Couple’ Stars Started a WhatsApp Group to Protest Opening Credits Dance Sequence: ‘The Entire Cast Had a Mutiny’
variety.comThe Perfect Couple” almost staged a mutiny after director Susanne Bier insisted on a flashmob-style dance sequence for the opening credits.
The Netflix murder mystery, based on Elin Hildebrand’s book of the same name, follows a police investigation into the wealthy Winbury family after a body is discovered during a family wedding, uncovering plenty of long-buried secrets in the process.
Despite the dark undertones, the show opens with a somewhat incongruous routine in which the entire cast – including Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning and Liev Schriber – dance in unison on the beach to Meghan Trainor track “Criminals” while clad in suits and evening dresses. “I think I felt that I want to do something where we are telling the audience ‘This is going to be fun,’” Bier told Variety before the premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. “I feel this time [period] is a little bit gloomy and I felt I wanted to do something which had a lot of life and a lot of fun.
And I wanted to see all the characters having fun.” The cast, however, weren’t convinced, even starting a WhatsApp group text to try and get the dance shut down.
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