Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis play sisters in Prime Video’s drama Scarpetta — and in actual life, they’ve plenty of respect for each other.
“Patricia Cornwell has been writing a couple of medical expert named Dr. Kay Scarpetta for over 20 years, and I can’t even inform you what number of tens of millions of individuals have purchased these books. And Nicole goes to play Dr. Kay Scarpetta,” Curtis solely instructed Us Weekly in Could 2025. The Scream Queen performs Kidman’s sister, Dorothy, within the sequence.
Regardless of each having fun with lengthy, profitable careers in Hollywood, that is the primary time the 2 have labored collectively on the identical venture.
The sequence will run for not less than two seasons on Amazon Prime Video, a deal that was introduced in September 2024. Kidman and Curtis may also government produce the sequence collectively — one thing that can possible assist their friendship proceed to blossom on and off digital camera.
Right here’s a take a look at the rising relationship between Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.
The scream queen! Jamie Lee Curtis has had an extended and profitable profession, beginning off in iconic horror movies earlier than venturing into hit comedies. The Fierce Creatures actress was born in Santa Monica, California, to actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Jamie went on to review legislation on the College of the Pacific in Stockton, […]
They met on the Oscars
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Whereas talking to Us Weekly in Could 2025, Curtis revealed she and Kidman first met on the Oscars. “She truly launched herself to me and we exchanged hellos and slightly little bit of chick bonding,” she instructed Us.
Curtis continued, “However then we walked away and I used to be like, ‘Okay, wow. That was loopy.’ And 6 months later she heard that we have been making the Scarpetta present and that I used to be producing and he or she principally stated, ‘I need to be Scarpetta.’ After which once I went, ‘Okay, nice,’ she stated, ‘However you’re going to be in it with me, proper?’”
“It was that second of like, ‘Sure, Nicole Kidman. Sure. I’m going to be in a present with you.’ I had no selection,” she added. You had no selection. I used to be going to be a producer, and at that second it was determined that I used to be going to behave within the present.”
Jamie Lee Curtis praised Nicole’s “dream and hustle”
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Whereas providing a tribute to Kidman on the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Awards, Curtis praised the star’s “dream and hustle.”
“The query is, how does one change into essentially the most profitable and fashionable star within the world cinematic broadcast and digital universe? Effectively, in Nicole Kidman’s case, you begin out as a younger actress in Australia,” she stated. “You dream and hustle and work arduous with an inner drive mechanism and a degree of ambition and a dedication to craft, plus an distinctive capability to form shift and dodge and weave and apply the fixed importing of latest abilities to hone and ideal the work.”
“All of us are higher after we’re liked,” Curtis additionally stated. “Nicole Kidman was liked. It’s very clear, largely by her lovely mom, Janelle, who she sadly misplaced earlier this 12 months. However she can be liked by her household of origin, her husband, kids, chosen household, pets, pals, and numerous colleagues from all around the world, to not point out all of her followers and the audiences who admire her nice work.”
Nicole described Curtis as “fierce”
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Kidman has been simply as effusive together with her compliments for Curtis. Whereas speaking to E! News, she stated of her co-star, “That girl is fierce. She is, her expertise is considerable, however she’s additionally only a girl’s girl. She stands by your aspect. She’s bought your again. I can’t say sufficient pretty issues about her. I feel everybody on this trade is aware of that’s what she’s like. And he or she’s lived a life and he or she’s prepared to share and assist. I imply, she’s what you ought to be.”