Nicole Kidman Defends Starring in Blockbusters: ‘I Get to Kiss Batman’

Nicole Kidman is defending her option to star in motion pictures like Batman Eternally and Aquaman.

In an interview with L’Officiel journal printed on Tuesday, August 27, the Oscar winner revealed that individuals questioned why she would star in a Batman film contemplating her prestigious physique of labor.

“Everybody’s like, ’Why are you doing that?’ I’m like, ‘As a result of I get to kiss Batman!’” the actress shared.

“The factor individuals don’t perceive is, it’s not concerning the test. Numerous the mainstream massive blockbusters that I do are hopefully completely different,” she went on to elucidate.

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Kidman performed Dr. Chase Meridian in 1995’s Batman Eternally reverse Val Kilmer as Batman, Chris O’Donnell as Robin, Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face and Jim Carrey as The Riddler.

A long time later, Kidman, 57, returned to superhero fare as Queen Atlanna in 2018’s Aquaman reverse Jason Momoa within the titular function.

The actress stated she took the half as a result of she needed to work with director James Wan, who’s finest recognized for guiding horror motion pictures equivalent to The Conjuring and Noticed.

“I’d actually needed to work with him in horror,” Kidman stated.

Later within the interview, the Large Little Lies star shared her want to star in a basic horror film. (She beforehand starred within the psychological horror/thriller, The Others.)

“I’ve not finished basic horror but. Hardcore horror. I’m placing it on the market as a result of I watch hardcore horror. I’m a fan of Ti West,” Kidman shared.

Subsequent up for the actress is Netflix’s new restricted drama collection, The Good Couple. Kidman has been taking over extra TV roles since Large Little Lies first grew to become an enormous hit in 2017. Her current tasks embody The Undoing, Expats and 9 Good Strangers.

“I’ve fallen in love with the lengthy format as a result of I just like the constructing of character and I like that they’re restricted,” she informed L’Officiel. “You’re not committing an enormous period of time. It’s nonetheless received a cinematic really feel to it. It’s extra like a gradual burn than a movie, the place you solely have two hours to inform your story and construct a personality.”

In The Good Couple, Kidman performs Greer Garrison, a rich and well-known novelist making ready to wed one in every of her sons to Amelia Sacks, performed by Eve Hewson.

“However when a useless physique seems on the seashore, everybody’s Champagne desires rapidly vanish and are changed by suspicion,” learn Netflix’s synopsis for the collection. “As secrets and techniques bubble as much as the floor, an investigation takes maintain that feels plucked from one in every of Greer’s books. Out of the blue, everyone seems to be a suspect.”