Nicole Kidman reckons that she was cast in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut because of her “provocative nature”.The 1999 psychological drama was Kubrick’s last film, coming to the silver screen just a few months after his death.
Starring Kidman opposite her then-husband Tom Cruise, the film told the story of the fallout of Kidman’s character Alice revealing to her husband (Cruise) that she had contemplated having an affair the year before.The film has just celebrated its 25th anniversary and Kidman reflected upon making it for The LA Times.
When asked what she brought to the character, she said: “My boldness. I’m quite up-front and Alice becomes quite up-front, particularly when she was stoned … although that wasn’t me when I was stoned.
I was just naturally like that. Up-front.”Kubrick encouraged Kidman to retain that sense of boldness. “The great thing about him is that he told us, ‘Don’t put me on a pedestal.’ That’s the No.
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