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 Nicole Kidman
Interview By: Andrea Tuccillo Nicole Kidman seems content. There’s a serene quality to her voice as she speaks about what it means to be fulfilled, in her career as well as in her family life. This glowing Australian beauty seems at peace. And why shouldn’t she be? An Oscar-winning actress with a flourishing film career, two children, and a new husband—Kidman is living out her dreams. In her new film Margot at the Wedding (written and directed by Noah Baumbach), Kidman’s title character is not quite as together. While visiting her recently engaged sister, Margot finds she is less-than-thrilled with her sibling’s choice of mate. The long-estranged sisters simply don’t get along, and their reunion is filled with emotional arguments as both try to work out their own personal demons. “I think she’s having a breakdown,” Kidman says of her character. “I think she’s in crisis and there’s ways in which she’s coping with that and the way in which she’s reacting and behaving is really just an indicator of all the inner turmoil. And I think part of Noah’s writing is that he’s wickedly funny. He’s dealing with disturbing parts of family life and he’s able to bring humor. I’ve always been attracted to things like that.” In terms of playing the neurotic Margot, a woman so different from herself, Kidman relied on some outside factors to help her get into character. “I think Noah’s really strong understanding of what he’d written and also to work with Ann Roth again who I worked with in The Hours and she did Cold Mountain with me,” she says of what helped her become comfortable with playing Margot. “[Roth is] the costume designer and one of the greats in the world. She really works well with me; she’s able to find pieces of clothing and helps me with the walk and all of the things that you need to change. And somehow she gave me the pair of woolly socks and that cardigan and I was able to sort of slop around in those while we were rehearsing and that somehow just triggered the whole feeling of the movie for me. Just being able to walk around with socks and no shoes in the house gave a very casual feel. And also the glasses that she gave me. Then obviously I worked with a dialect coach because Margot is such a New Yorker and even though I’ve lived in New York on and off, it’s still something that probably intimidates me a little bit. Particularly a writer who’s intellectual that can be intimidating so in order to play her I had to just sort of jump off and say ok I can do this. And Ann Roth and Noah both gave me a lot of confidence.” Although playing Margot was at first a scary concept, it was ultimately her differences in personality which led Kidman to the role. Rather than drawing from familiar experiences, Kidman was able to explore a whole different human ... |
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