That’s superstar Oscar winner Nicole Kidman talking to Town & Country on her pattern of picking projects. “I call myself the wild card because I have no idea what it is. I’m so spontaneous—sometimes to my detriment and sometimes my benefit—but it’s how I’ve always been. My husband [Keith Urban] never knows what I’m going to choose. And then he’ll ask me to explain why and I can’t!”
Known for playing it close to the vest, but with a risky new film she steps away from her quiet life in Nashville to bare more than ever before in her most complicated role yet: Mother.
In the December/January issue of Town & Country, on newsstands November 15, Nicole wearing Dior Haute Couture and Tiffany & Co. jewelry, opens up on her personal connection to her new film LION as a mother of adopted children, life with hubby Keith Urban, her daring, spontaneous nature, and more.
On her personal connection to her new film Lion: “I can see now, for Lion, that it was important to me because I’m a mother with adopted children. This movie is a love letter to my children. [My character] Sue is deeply maternal and full of unconditional love, which is beautiful. That’s why I wanted to do it. I relate to that. I feel that for my own children who are adopted. It’s not about anything else other than ‘I wanted you.’ It’s that deep and personal, and whatever your journey is, I’m here to love and support you. That’s what I connected to.”
On her desire to be thrilled, both in projects and in life: “The mistakes I’ve made have always involved people not matching the extreme artistic desire—when I’ve tried to be a bit more homogenized, or tried not to be as bold. When I’ve been guided into places that don’t suit what I am intrinsically—that’s when it doesn’t work out…I’ve been the same way since I was 14. I don’t conform. That’s just my nature.”
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