Nicole Kidman : So…what next?

I want her to do "the blood cpuntess" yes it will flop and it'll be camp but if done right Kidman's sure to perfect for the role!(Mr Dedlock's seal of approval!)

please agent/assistant whoever is reading bring "the blood countess" to kidman's attention, both tilda swinton and Isabelle Huppert were attached at one point.

speaking of Tilda Swinton just came across some news that she'll be narrating "letters from baghdad" a documentary about Gertrude Bell,makes me wonder if she wanted the role in Herzog's film but Kidman beat her to it.



My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Maybe I'm wrong but with no roles on the horizon beyond January (except the TV miniseries Big Lies), maybe there are fewer offers for Nicole now. Of course, anything could pop up in the New Year.

It sounds like Blood Countess could be a good role for Nicole, Mr. b68Dedlock, but the problem is that she has a hard time getting her films financed. Just thinking about the demographics of moviegoers, who are young people, they want to see young people in movies; the young are the majority, I believe, who pay to see movies in theaters and therefore, in general, have a tremendous influence over which movies will make hundreds of millions of dollars. Young stars (and the amazing Meryl Streep) are the ones who are most bankable with some exceptions. Actors apparently have no age expiration date; basically actresses do, around 45+.

I think Big Lies is a huge mistake for Nicole. Most mothers of kindergartners are in their 20's or 30's, not late 40's. This will be the same mistake as Gracethe role is for a woman much younger. Will the West End stage become a reality for Nicole in 2015? We haven't had any word on it so what's up with that?

Nicole IS a mother of kindergarteners though

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".

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Maybe I'm wrong but with no roles on the horizon beyond January (except the TV miniseries Big Lies), maybe there are fewer offers for Nicole now. Of course, anything could pop up in the New Year.

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She told Angela Bishop of Oz News Ten at the Paddington press junket that she will be back in Oz next year filming "Lion".

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Maybe I'm wrong but with no roles on the horizon beyond January (

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Two roles to be filmed in January ( Lead role in secret, supporting in lion) and lead part in big little lies to be filmed later in the year, Lest we forget she has

1) Strangerland (Sundance)
2) QOD (Berlin or Cannes)
3) The Family.Fang ( telluride or Toronto)
4) Genius (Toronto)

Also the TWC release of Paddington in January and the unspecified date of dumping "Grace of Monaco".

for many actresses that would be enough for five years, but for Nicole that equates to "no roles on the horizon".

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but the problem is that she has a hard time getting her films financed.

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Not true she got financed for Rabbit Hole, she got financed for "the family fang", she single handedly got Strangerland off the ground and she got financed for "the Danish girl" but they had script problems and couldn't settle on a director and cast so she sold the project.

I can see a Kidman and Lars reunion for " the Blood Countess" Lars doesn't need big budgets. It's not really going to be a commercial film more like an art house gruesome macabre horror drama. But the material works on so many levels apart from the obvious drama, it can parallel aging of actresses in the industry, definitions of feminism and victimization and predatory vanity, Lars would be perfect.

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; the young are the majority, I believe, who pay to see movies in theaters and therefore, in general, have a tremendous influence over which movies will make hundreds of millions of dollars. Young stars (and the amazing Meryl Streep) are the ones who are most bankable with some exceptions.

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This is true for studio/Hollywood franchises and movies, Kidman hasn't done one of those since "Nine" in 2009 (I'm not counting just go with it), the independent
Market works differently financiers cover their cost through theater, tv, and home video/ streaming distribution, for example Grace of Monaco was profitable to the financier that made the film even before it was released.

Even Paddington was not made through Hollywood, it came from Studio Canal and is considered a risky venture , in fact WB was offered Paddington first but they turned it down.

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I think Big Lies is a huge mistake for Nicole. Most mothers of kindergartners are in their 20's or 30's

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I don't think it is and especially for that reason? mothers have children of all ages they're not restricted to a particular birthing age, especially in today's society women are opting to have,less children at an older age, when once upon time the deadline was 25 has now become 35+,natural births also no longer is the most common option, alot of people I know are opting for in-vitro fertilization, and now surrogacy, gestational carriers and incubators is also picking up steam allowing women to have kids well into their fifties.

More on point, the book is acclaimed, a bestseller and David E Kelly has been recruited to develop and bring it to the tv screen. Also it's Tv they'll have time to develop the story and characters adequately.

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Will the West End stage become a reality for Nicole in 2015? We haven't had any word on it so what's up with that?

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I hope they announce something soon because I need to plan and save an extended trip to London doesn't come cheap.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

I can't imagine Nicole not continuing to make flops! I'm sure that there are still plenty of roles out there that require wigs and whispering Here's to 2015! Merry Christmas, my dears. I am away at my daughter's and won't be posting for a while. Enjoy your turkeys! (A naughty little joke).


Nicole Kidman is heavier on eyeshadow than emotion - The Paperboy Review, Variety

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Here's to 2015! Merry Christmas, my dears. I am away at my daughter's and won't be posting for a while. Enjoy your turkeys! (A naughty little joke).

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Merry Christmas Mrs Mills and have a happy new years too! Take care now, this board won't be the 2000same without your naughty little jokes and yes I will be enjoying a strutting glistening turkey with loads of gravy and gingerbread men.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Your post is very informative, Mr. Dedlock, thank you!

You made very good points. Nicole can get Indies financed. I know that is her "zone", where she seems happiest. So she is "bankable" but in a different sense than the big studio stars. It was a surprise to me that she was the one who got Strangerland off the ground and also, big surprise, that she got Danish Girl financed. Hope she made a little money when she sold it.

I don't disagree with you about the flexibility of women becoming mothers at any age today. I just hope that Nicole's age in Big Lies does not become an issue/target for audiences and critics.

Nicole has plenty to keep her busy in 2015 but will actually make only two new films (one supporting role, one lead). Well, I guess some actresses only do two films a year anyway and Nicole did quite a few in 2013/2014 so maybe 2015 will be her slow year for film making.

I hope Nicole and West End financiers and other required parties get together so that Nicole's stage appearances will take place soon and that you get to go to London and see her on stage, Mr. Dedlock. (Also, that she'll be sensational and you can tell us here all about it!) I think there are also a few more members here from Great Britain who might not be too far from London so they could make it to West End, so I hope they will get to go too!

I actually was really glad they decided to make Big Little Lies into a miniseries and not a movie. As the readers would know, the book does not have a linear flow. There are flashbacks. The story is told in vignettes. Like episodes.
I think, if made right, it will be a fun little addition to Nicole's work log.

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Two roles to be filmed in January ( Lead role in secret, supporting in lion) and lead part in big little lies to be filmed later in the year, Lest we forget she has

1) Strangerland (Sundance)
2) QOD (Berlin or Cannes)
3) The Family.Fang ( telluride or Toronto)
4) Genius (Toronto)

Also the TWC release of Paddington in January and the unspecified date of dumping "Grace of Monaco".

for many actresses that would be enough for five years, but for Nicole that equates to "no roles on the horizon".

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Kidman simply can't please some of the posters here: they swing from wanting her to "slow down because she's working too much", to deeming her as "no longer in demand" because she's not working as much". Leave the woman alone to decide what's best for her, her family and her career. Unless someone here has a more successful career than Kidman, his/her opinion on what Kidman should do career-wise is plain hogwash as far as I'm concerned.

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Kidman simply can't please some of the posters here: they swing from wanting her to "slow down because she's working too much", to deeming her as "no longer in demand" because she's not working as much".

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Kidman has always been random and unusual in her choices and thats why I've been a long long time fan.

Is she working too much? Perhaps but are people saying the same thing about Blanchett, Witherspoon, Watts and others, no! Its only Nicole that gets picked on.

Is she working too little and isnt in demand? Four films in 2014, Five films in 2015 and three films in 2016? Shes all set for the next four years! So I cannot understand this statement of her not working and not being in demand, her role in Paddington was specifically written for her and the director had to overcome her naysaying agent to just be able to hand her the script for considersation.

My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Thank you, everyone, for your comments. Mrs. Mills' post is pretty funny.

Jason, I did no research on the book and I did not intend to criticize the book. However, Nicole is the mother of a grown woman, Bella, who is 22 and it is somewhat unusual for a woman almost 50 to be the mother of a small childwhich is not to say that it doesn't happen as of course it has happened to Nicole. Anyway, maybe no one will find fault with Nicole for taking the role.

As far as the book being great, Before I Go to Sleep was a Bestseller and look what happened.

Again, Nicole IS the mother of a small child. One she 5b4gave birth to naturally. And she doesn't *look* nearly 50.

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".

Okay, okay, Manwithoutfriends and Jason, I can see you and lots of posters on here are upbeat about Nicole's chances for success in Big Lies. Stoker, Trespass, no problem, you're right, Jason; plus I did not read BIGTS so I didn't know the book was so bad.) I will give up my doubts on Nicole in Big Lies.

I'll try to just look forward to the mini-series this year without criticizing Nicole. Guess I sounded like a "troll" but I actually am a fan. I don't think I'm an ageist but I know there are a lot of people who are (it's not a good move to read internet posts about Nicole from people who are ageists.) I will say that I think it is definitely a good thing that older actresses can and do get good roles today so maybe popular opinion is changing, as it shouldtoo much talent among older actresses to shut them down because of age. I'm glad that 2013 and 2014 have been positive years within the Academy for 40+ actressesJulianne Moore ahead in Oscar race this year and Cate Blanchett last year winning Oscar (plus Bullock in nominee circle 2013 and Aniston maybe in nominee circle 2014). I think last year had mostly older lead actress nominees for Oscar.

"Before I Go To Sleep" was NOT a bad book. It had a lackluster ending but that was all. It was a gripping read with a well fleshed out heroine and a superb sense of atmosphere and tension.

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".

I agree about Before I Go To Sleep, it needed more arthouse vibe and better budget, or in a perfect world Alfred Hitchcock. I just hope Reese drops out of Big Little Lies. I can't handle her. I saw her on 60 minutes and nearly choked on how vulgar she is. She either does not see how vain she comes across or thinks are people are too stupid to notice, and either case is disturbing. I would love her to do something with Julianna Margulies from The Good Wife

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She either does not see how vain she comes across or thinks are people are too stupid to notice, and either case is disturbing.

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I think its the former she doesnt realize how big of an ego she's got but I think its cute! However, people will watch her films so I hope she doesnt drop out. Also her production company has picked quite a number of winners this year, with Gone Girl being a box office smash across the globe5b4 and Wild on its way to the Oscars and an Indie box office hit as well.

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I would love her to do something with Julianna Margulies from The Good Wife

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Im surprised you read Reese accurately but didnt pick up on Julianna, I love her shes a great actress (been a fan since ER!) but she is quite a diva, you can tell from interviews, also if you watch the good wife, do you realize its been more than two whole seasons that Alicia and Kalinda have not shared a scene together! I keep anticipating how theyre going to have them avoid each other in each and every episode, also I keep wondering how much longer will they interact via cell phone. Rumour has it that Julianna did not appreciate Archies early awards triumph on the show and she slowly had her role reduced over the seasons and now surprise surprise Archie is leaving the show!

My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

I think this is a lot of balderdash/hogwash but worth checking out

http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/omg-nicole-kidman-to-star-in- ajay-devgns-shivay/

and

http://www.apunkachoice.com/content/article/sid100022947-ajay_devg n_wants_nicole_kidman_for_shivay/

(Her last Bollywood connection was the Schweppes commercial she did with Shekhar Kapur)

I don't know who this Ajay Devgn person is, my dear. But it does say that his last film, 'Action Jackson is being termed as one of the worst films this year - owing to its mindless plot, vile sequences and disastrous songs'. Clearly it was a huge flop, so a collaboration with Nicole sounds ideal.

Did you see Grace of Monaco? It was on a lot of the worst films of 2014 lists.



Nicole Kidman is heavier on eyeshadow than emotion - The Paperboy Review, Variety

I didn't know that BIGTS was on the worst lists as well. Oh dear.

Paddington Bear is an institution here, my dear. My children grew up on Paddington Bear so you are talking about a much loved English classic. You also have some exceptional English actors like the lovely Hugh Bonneville, riding high on his Downton Abbey fame, Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), etc. And of course, the star of the piece, the animated bear. With a cast like that, Nicole got herself a very easy ride. As you'll notice on the posters, it says 'with Nicole Kidman'. Second from last billing.

But I've always thought that she's much better in supporting with a strong cast who can carry the film, like in Stoker, than she is as a lead (GOM & BIGTS) in yet another flop after flop. Obviously, these films flop because people don't care to see her performances, otherwise they'd be rushing to the cinemas as they did with Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine. Great performance in a rather mundane and average film.


Nicole Kidman is heavier on eyeshadow than emotion - The Paperboy Review, Variety

Cate Blanchett gave the performance of her career and she was in a Woody Allen movie. He has a huge following and with the right film people will go and see his work. It earned a hell of a lot less than the film before it which was ' Midnight in Paris '. It did relatively well but i'd hardly say people were flocking to go and see it.

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With a cast like that, Nicole got herself a very easy ride.

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Mrs Mills didn't you say Colin Firth was quaking in his boots from Kidman's curse as to the reasoning of his departure? And.that the film was going to flop?

Hugh Boneville and Julie Walters are unknown commodities world wide, Sally Hawkins is only just beginning to hit her stride and break out.

In fact the role was written for Kidman because they needed an international star to help launch the film. You have to face it, Paddington needed Kidman as much as Kidman needed Paddington.

Had Paddington failed I'm pretty sure you would be singing a different tune. As a testament to how unknown Boneville and Walters are they don't even have box office mojo pages, Under Paddington they only have Nicole Kidman and Sally Hawkins billed.







My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

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Mrs Mills didn't you say Colin Firth was quaking in his boots from Kidman's curse as to the reasoning of his departure? And.that the film was going to flop?

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Yes, I did say that, didn't I? Oh dear. What a dreadful woman I am!



Nicole Kidman is heavier on eyeshadow than emotion - The Paperboy Review, Variety

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Yes, I did say that, didn't I? Oh dear. What a dreadful woman I am!

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"Grace of Monaco Dreadful" or just the regular kind?

My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

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"Grace of Monaco Dreadful" or just the regular kind?

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Well, maybe not as bad as Nicole Kidman doing Grace Kelly doing the Marnie script reading-kind of dreadful but not far off!


Nicole Kidman is heavier on eyeshadow than emotion - The Paperboy Review, Variety

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Well, maybe not as bad as Nicole Kidman doing Grace Kelly doing the Marnie script reading

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You know I keep thinking about that scene and Kidman did such a great job at being a bad actress that I am convinced that was the whole point, she tried acting out the part and failed three times in a row so Monaco it is for Gracie.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014 b68

And, now I want Kidman to play a nun, I know she'd nail it with that steely gaze!

I'm going to add it to my checklist, is it a coincidence Kerr and Kidman were compared in "the others", I think they're actresses from a similar breed and Kidman should look to Kerr for influence on her roles.

My whole111c career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

you know what i've always wanted her to do. And i'll say it again here. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for her to work with Woody Allen. I think it would be a match made in heaven.

You know I always thought it was weird they never worked together and even when Kidman was attached to a film of his it was arguably his worst film. (thank god she dropped)

I remember reading article where somebody asks him about all Australian actors/ actresses hes worked with, and he names the majority of them by name from (Judy Davis, Cate Blanchett, our dearest Naomi watts, he forgot Radha Mitchell who he worked with in Melinda and Melinda) but when he came to Kidman he felt the need to add and that beautiful one who was married to Tom Cruise, and this was as of 2013, I found it infuriating ?!

Heres the quote

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He also spoke about Australian actors in his films.
Its like a renaissance. Australia is a faraway country-continent and nobody had any particular thoughts and all of a sudden Naomi Watts comes out and Hugh Jackman [a British aristocrat in Scoop] and the beautiful one who 111cwas married to Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman. Judy Davis is a great actress who I worked with [three times] and now theres Cate Blanchett. Its incredible..

Nicole Kidman was originally going to appear in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger but pulled out at the last minute. He would go on to wirk with Judy Davis for a fourth time in To Rome With Love, and Cate Blanchett will star in the new film Blue Jasmine.

You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger is not one of Allens most acclaimed its actually one of his worse reviewed films. Australian reviewers seem to be following suit.

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http://www.woodyallenpages.com/2013/01/you-will-meet-a-tall-dark-stran ger-released-in-australia-interview-reviews-and-more/

Kidman certainly dodged a bullet there! Allen usually alternates between good and Bad films every other year, so since Magic in the moonlight was a Turkey maybe his 2015 fare will be better.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Taking on a Woody Allen film is rather like Russian Roulette. I'd much sooner see her paired with Wes Anderson or even Judd Apatow.

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".

Its,been written by Seattle playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard and it's been met with some success.

I really want Kidman to spearhead a film version, with atleast some material now would seem a perfect time.

can someone just make it happen, please.

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It would be easy to make the argument that Kelleen Conway Blanchards new play, Blood Countess is a natural selection for October, with its Halloween balance of the horrific and the bizarre, its combination of cartoonish terror and god-awful blood lust.

Blanchard, however, never lets a first impression become the content of her plays. As in Kittens in a Cage and The Underneath the initial triteness of commonplace tropes provide an easily accessible gateway to well-developed and compelling characters dealing with the absurdity of their situations with genuine emotion and real internal conflict. There are plenty of laughs throughout Blood Countess but we never lose sight of the fact that these uncommon people are dealing with exactly the same challenges that we deal with daily, and that caring about their struggles is at least as rewarding as the pure entertainment of the eveningThis is real drama. And it works. Seattle Actor

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Seattle weekly review

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Feeling anemic? Luckily its ea1c84sy to take iron-supplement pills these days. Back at the turn of the 16th century, one had to be more creative for a curelike drinking virgins blood, which Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory allegedly did by quaffing from 600 young women. In Kelleen Conway Blanchards stage version of Bathorys life, the countess first starts killing as a means to sexual arousal, then later to stay young and beautiful, like a Dorian Gray vampire.

Though it suffers from the episodic nature of many history-based bio plays, Blood Countess is a lot of fun. As the countess, Terri Weagants unconventional looks and excellent expressive range are rivetinguntil you realize that shes just not that scary.

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Kidman can be that scary, just look at her in Paddington.

For some more reviews and pics!

http://www.annextheatre.org/2014-season/main-stage/blood-countess/




My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Nicole playing Elizabeth Bathory yes please!!

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Nicole playing Elizabeth Bathory yes please!!

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Hopefully word reaches her somebody in her inner circle, I really think shed be perfect, yes the role is dark, grotesque and unsettling but that is Kidmans forte also she will balance necessary humor similar with Charlotte Bless and Suzanne Stone.

but her assistant should ensure that the script is not of Grace of Monaco's caliber, otherwise it should go straight to the shredder, or better yet having it incinerated will be preferable.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

Did you see the Julie Delpy film a few years back? The Countess? Rather dull with some nice qualities but failed to make a splash.

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Did you see the Julie Delpy film a few years back? The Countess?

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Extremely dull, that's why I'm very interested in this Blanchard play because she's approached it from a dark sadistic perverse humor perspective, which I always thought was the best way to approach this material, I mean the woman essentially killed 600 virgins to remain youthful and satisfy her insatiable bloodlust! There's something very disturbing but also hilarious about it, and the psychology behind it is also fascinating and tie that up with Vampire mytho5b4logy.

Plus we all know Kidman can bring the crazy and raise the fear factor stakes all the while finding the humor somehow.


My whole career is always a roller-coaster", Nicole Kidman- Paddington Premiere 2014

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Hopefully word reaches her somebody in her inner circle, I really think shed be perfect, yes the role is dark, grotesque and unsettling but that is Kidmans forte also she will balance necessary humor similar with Charlotte Bless and Suzanne Stone.

but her assistant should ensure that the script is not of Grace of Monaco's caliber, otherwise it should go straight to the shredder, or better yet having it incinerated will be preferable

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Yes very much agree.

It would be nice for a great film about the real Elizabeth Bathory and Nicole could bring that to life. I've still kept my Anna Friel one because it is nice to look out but could've been so much better. A bit pointless really to change the facts.

Show of hands if you think it's about time she does another musical.
And how many times has the poor woman reiterated she has always been attracted to the Wicked Witch!

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/397367-producer-says-the-wicked- movie-could-be-coming-in-2016

I'd like another musical too. I love Nicole's singing voice. Doesn't get enough appreciation. Would be great if she released an album one day.

After seeing Wild I am actually really excited about a collaboration between Nic and Reese. Who is playing the third character? Please make it Naomi.

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