Nicole Kidman on Playing Grieving Mother in ‘Expats’: ‘Unbearable’ (Exclusive)

you look stunning by the way can I get just a little bit description my gosh I I have a little makeup on here [Music] um thank you I'm just glad it it's it's very structured which is good it doesn't look it but it is you are also amazing in this role I mean you play this grief stricken mother you yourself are as a mom how difficult was it to literally live Every Mother's Nightmare um it's the job of the actor you know we have to go if we if we're in a role when I first um optioned this book and then took it to Lulu I was like which role do you want me to play and she's like you have to play Margaret so I was like oh okay um and then I went okay be be as true and as authentic and as deep because this is the story that people have lived and it's devastating and unbearable and horrendous and I have to be true to it so and Lulu was an amazing guide and also um Brian who plays my husband Brian T he and I were in it together so it wasn't like I was by myself it was like we were um a married couple who are working through all of it together and I love that we had each other to hold on to through it ran and he's amazing in it yeah and I'm happy for him to have this cuz it really shows how what an Exquisite actor he is you know Brian said Rave things about you he was he loved working with you as well he also said that working in Hong Kong was difficult being away from your family as well yes he was away from his family as well but that was kind of interesting for us as well because that's we were playing two people that had lost a child so we were were in that place together and it was very nice being able to go cuz he's such a good father and such a good husband um so he was missing them like crazy I was missing my kids and my husband so we were very much a pair but we loved Hong Kong because we were able to I mean shoot really in the city you see every everything in there is so authentic and Lulu was determined to capture it I mean we were I would climb seven flights of stairs to shoot in the little apartment that I that I have in it and we would just kind of hustle so it felt like we were doing a small film even though it was such an enormous undertaking and you know we got to see Hong Kong which was gorgeous mob is already getting a lot of Buzz I see your hairs back along tonight my hair's back long yes thank you hairs hair changes all the time right [Music] what

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Published: Mon Jan 22 2024