Nicole Kidman

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career (12)

  1. career (career): Nicole Kidman → Destroyer. She is one of the only female stars who works hard to work with female directors.
    “She's one of the only female stars that works hard to work with female directors.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:38:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Nicole Kidman → The Golden Compass. Kidman dots her ambitious work with supporting parts in popcorn movies like The Golden Compass and Aquaman.
    “And then she tends to dot it with, I think, pretty smart supporting work in popcorn movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:38:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Nicole Kidman → AMC theaters ad campaign. The AMC spot changed public understanding of her, making her an ambassador of movies.
    “And as an ambassador of movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:45:56 · unknown (0.20 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Arguably the most important movie of her career: original, singing, awards, box office.
    “Yeah, it's a huge, huge movie, arguably the most important movie in her career, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:11:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Birth → Nicole Kidman. Her controlled unraveling here, with no effort to be liked, is the signature Kidman thing.
    “Like that is the Nicole Kidman thing is that she's not like ever trying to make it prettier or make you like her.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:19:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Stoker → Nicole Kidman. After Stoker she enters a real movie dead zone.
    “She also goes into like real movie dead zone after this movie where there's a bunch of stuff that just doesn't work or doesn't hit or isn't good.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:32:48 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Destroyer → Nicole Kidman. Destroyer marks when she publicly committed to working with more female directors.
    “And this is around the time that she very publicly is like, I am going to start working with more female directors.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:42:48 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Nicole Kidman → Practical Magic. A stretch from 1998 through 2004 where she is awesome in everything.
    “I think also you get this sick period from 1998 through 2004 where she's just awesome in movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:57:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Nicole Kidman → Panic Room. Kidman dropped out of Panic Room a week or two before shooting, as she did with other projects.
    “Like she's supposed to do panic room and drops out like a week or 2 before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:34 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Nicole Kidman → Eyes Wide Shut. Kidman had already done Eyes Wide Shut, which was quite enough of that kind of film.
    “I also think that Nicole did eyes wide shut and that was quite enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:29:21 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Nicole Kidman → Dead Calm. Kidman did Dead Calm early, so she could keep doing this later.
    “Kidman did dead calm early on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:55:25 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. career (career): Nicole Kidman → The Others. Kidman had a big 2001 with The Others and Moulin Rouge and won the next year.
    “2001 is the others and Moulin Rouge, and then 2002, she wins for the album.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:09:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

  1. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Meg Ryan. Too beautiful in her 20s to be cast as the Meg Ryan rom-com lead, she took girlfriend parts instead.
    “But she's almost like too beautiful in her 20s to be cast as Meg Ryan.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:40:59 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Tom Cruise. Unlike her ex-husband, who has stuck tightly to one thing, Kidman does not stay in her lane.
    “I mean, her ex-husband is sort of like in the last 15 years has been like, I'm good at running and being serious and executing missions and is stuck pretty tightly to that.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:42:00 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Meryl Streep. Because she makes up to five films a year, Kidman is not a rare object like Brad Pitt or Meryl Streep.
    “So she doesn't hold that same level of, 0 my gosh, Brad Pitt is at the party or 0 my goodness, it's Meryl Streeper.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:43:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez longs for Kidman's stature as an elevated celebrity who is also celebrated as an artist.
    “That's the thing is when you see Jennifer Lopez longing, what she really longs for is Nicole Kidman's stature.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:49:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → In the Cut. Kidman is a harder-edged performer; Ryan's naturalism suits the stylized movie better.
    “Nicole Kidman is like a harder edged performer.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:28:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Nicole Kidman → Moulin Rouge!. Kidman's knee injury from Moulin Rouge was aggravated on Panic Room.
    “she aggravated an injury that she had suffered on Moulin Rouge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): In the Cut → Nicole Kidman. Kidman's Amazon deal to bring back erotic thrillers has produced no films.
    “Nicole Kidman signed this big deal with Amazon about like, I want to bring erotic thrillers back.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:07:26 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Days of Thunder → Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman's first screen union; she plays a neurologist.
    “Obviously, this is uh, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's union, uh, on screen.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:16 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Nicole Kidman → Big Little Lies. No TV in the Hall of Fame except one exception.
    “I don't ultimately think we should include any TV in here, but there would be one exception.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:49:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Babygirl → Nicole Kidman. A listener vote for the last spot is floated.
    “What do you think if we put these other 10 things up for the public and they can have the 11th spot?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:00:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (comparison (Fincher's words)): Nicole Kidman → Grace Kelly. Fincher compares Kidman to Grace Kelly, glamour and physicality, versus Foster, who is about her eyes.
    “as Fincher puts it, you know, your, you know, Nicole Kidman, Grace Kelly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:55:00 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (30)

  1. verdict (verdict): Flirting → Nicole Kidman. A pretty good movie that still lands red.
    “I think flirting is going to be red, but it is a pretty good movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:58:16 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Billy Bathgate → Nicole Kidman. Too long, overstuffed and not very good: red.
    “it is way too long and overstuffed and not very good.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:58:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Far and Away → Nicole Kidman. Not that good; both leads miscast.
    “This movie's not that good.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:59:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Batman Forever → Nicole Kidman. Important to her visibility as a star, but no performance anyone cares about: red.
    “Batman Forever, I think important to her visibility as an as a movie star, but I don't think it's a really a performance anyone cares about, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:02:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): To Die For → Nicole Kidman. The speaker's favorite Kidman movie and the first hard green.
    “This is my favorite Nicole Kidman movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:03:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. verdict (verdict): Practical Magic → Nicole Kidman. One of her most beloved movies; first yellow, later one of three final picks.
    “I think this is among her most beloved movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:07:19 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (verdict): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Going in because of box office, awards and new audience despite one host's hatred.
    “It's definitely going in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:10:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): The Others → Nicole Kidman. Going in; a beautiful, stately ghost story with a great in-theater twist.
    “Insane twist, like one of the great in theater twist.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:12:22 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Birthday Girl → Nicole Kidman. Not a success, and more like her later career.
    “Birthday Girl was not a success.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:13:30 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. verdict (verdict): The Hours → Nicole Kidman. Won her Oscar but yellowed; she is not a fan of the film.
    “So I guess we have to put it in, but do I want to put it in?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:14:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  11. verdict (verdict): Dogville → Nicole Kidman. Debatable; the start of her really taking chances. Yellow.
    “I think it's debatable whether or not it should go in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:14:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  12. verdict (verdict): The Human Stain → Nicole Kidman. Really bad; Anthony Hopkins as Anatole Broyard was a mistake.
    “He is notably played by Anthony Hopkins in this movie, which I would say is a mistake.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:16:04 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  13. verdict (verdict): Cold Mountain → Nicole Kidman. She had the thankless part, with no Oscar nomination; out.
    “Nicole Kimman has sort of the thankless part.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:16:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. verdict (verdict): The Stepford Wives → Nicole Kidman. Kidman is good but the remake is not as good as the original.
    “Like the movie is not good and not as good as the original.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:17:36 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  15. verdict (verdict): Margot at the Wedding → Nicole Kidman. Unpleasant, expertly done, and green.
    “It is expertly done and knows exactly what it's trying to be unpleasant.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:25:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  16. verdict (verdict): Rabbit Hole → Nicole Kidman. One of the best things she has done; yellow.
    “I would say we should at least yellow it because it's damn good.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:30:18 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  17. verdict (verdict): The Paperboy → Nicole Kidman. One of the funniest performances; incredibly brave, weird movie.
    “I think this is one of the funniest performances.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:31:44 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  18. verdict (verdict): Stoker → Nicole Kidman. Loved on release, ignored; yellowed to come back to it.
    “I loved it when it came out.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:32:38 · unknown (0.20 sure it was them)
  19. verdict (verdict): Secret in Their Eyes → Nicole Kidman. The remake of a great international film stinks.
    “This version stinks.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:37:57 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  20. verdict (verdict): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Nicole Kidman. One of the favorite Yorgos films; yellow but not necessarily in.
    “I love the killing of a sacred deer.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  21. verdict (verdict): Destroyer → Nicole Kidman. Loved; yellowed out of affection and for what it represents.
    “I'm not sure if it goes into like a hall for Kidman, but it's meaningful for the reason that you just described.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:43:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  22. verdict (verdict): The Northman → Nicole Kidman. Amazing for eight minutes but yellow only.
    “I don't know if this is going in, but she's amazing.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:46:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  23. verdict (verdict): Babygirl → Nicole Kidman. New films are rarely put in the Hall of Fame right away; yellow.
    “We very rarely put the new one in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:49:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  24. verdict (verdict): Spellbound → Nicole Kidman. Voice role in a Netflix film that neither host has seen.
    “Spellbound is a voice performance for a Netflix film this year.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:49:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  25. verdict (verdict): Big Little Lies → Nicole Kidman. Included, the first television show in a movie-podcast Hall of Fame.
    “We can include it for the 1st time ever, television show, in a hall of fame, on a movie podcast.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:53:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  26. verdict (verdict): Nicole Kidman → To Die For. Final greens: To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, The Others, Birth, Margot at the Wedding, Big Little Lies.
    “The greens are to die for eyes wide shut.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:56:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  27. verdict (verdict): Nicole Kidman → Dead Calm. Thirteen yellows read aloud, starting with Dead Calm and Days of Thunder.
    “Dead calm, days of thunder, malice, practical magic, the hours, dogville, rabbit hole, the paper boy, Paddington, the killing of a sacred deer, destroyer, the Northman, and baby girl.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:56:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  28. verdict (verdict): Dead Calm → Nicole Kidman. Dead Calm and Practical Magic basically need to go in; leaving them out was delicacy.
    “I think the Practical Magic and Deadcom basically need to go in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:56:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  29. verdict (verdict): The Hours → Nicole Kidman. Late argument that an objective Hall of Fame would include it.
    “I think if you were building a Hall of Fame as an objective member of cultural restitution, the hours would go in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:59:08 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  30. verdict (verdict): Destroyer → Nicole Kidman. Destroyer is not going in.
    “So all that and Destroyer is not even going in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:00:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Nicole Kidman → Panic Room. Kidman was cast as Meg, then injured her knee (aggravated from Moulin Rouge) and was replaced by Foster.
    “Nicole Kidman was cast as the role in the role of Meg.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Nicole Kidman → The Hours. Leaving Panic Room freed Kidman for The Hours, which won her the Oscar.
    “one of the movies that she goes on to make in the aftermath of not being able to do panic room is the hours.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:37:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Nicole Kidman → In the Cut. The film was originally intended for Nicole Kidman.
    “is obviously intended for Nicole Kitman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Nicole Kidman → Birthday Girl. Kidman made erotic-thriller-ish films like Birthday Girl without anyone saying how dare you, so In the Cut would have landed differently with her.
    “I mean, she does fucking movies like birthday girl around the same period of time where people are like, I don't know, it's a crappy Nicole Kidman erotic thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:27:46 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Nicole Kidman: She has made 47 movies since 2000, more than any big star in the last quarter century.
    “She has made 47 movies since 2000.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:37:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Nicole Kidman: She says she hated the fancy car Keith Urban bought her and drives her Subaru instead.
    “Um, she's good at giving just the right amount of quotes that a recent interview about how Keith Urban bought her this fancy car and she hated it and she just drives her Subaru around instead.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:38:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Nicole Kidman: Her Letterboxd four favorites were Clueless, The Piano Teacher, The Piano and A Woman Under the Influence, though guests are tipped off beforehand to prep.
    “Um, you know, I love Letterbox, but they're, these people are getting tipped off beforehand that they're going to get asked by Letterbox, so they're prepping.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:47:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Nicole Kidman: Her top-10 worldwide grosses include Cold Mountain, Moulin Rouge, The Others, Just Go with It, Australia, Paddington, Batman Forever, The Golden Compass and two Aquaman films.
    “The Nicole Kidman top 10 highest grossing movies worldwide is a hilarious list.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:50:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Nicole Kidman: If Fincher had shut the film down after Kidman's injury, the insurance would have paid out a profit.
    “They basically, I mean, the numbers I saw, there was some sort of calculation of like, if they had shut the movie down and just never started filming again, they would have made $3000000 off the insurance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:51:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Nicole Kidman: Kubrick offered Kidman final approval on any footage of her naked, which she said no one else was offering then.
    “anytime you were naked, I will give you final editing approval.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:57:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Nicole Kidman: Kidman says a bad knee injury is why she skipped both Panic Room and In the Cut.
    “She had a bad knee injury, she said, which is the reason she didn't do panic room.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)