Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman on Nailing Accents, Embracing Failure and Shattering Hollywood Standards
variety.comNicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios.
For more, click here.Nicole Kidman and Kristen Stewart both delve into iconography — and play with their own images — on screen.
In “Being the Ricardos,” Kidman takes on Lucille Ball, portraying her both in character as TV’s Lucy Ricardo and as a creative force on the set of “I Love Lucy.” It’s a role whose resilience and grit calls to mind Kidman herself, at the top of her game decades into her career.
And in “Spencer,” Stewart plays Princess Diana over a turbulent three days spent with the British royal family. Her work leverages Stewart’s glamour and her toughness, while showing us sides of the actor we hadn’t seen before. NICOLE KIDMAN: We were meant to work together how many years ago [on “Panic Room”]?KRISTEN STEWART: I was 10 years old.KIDMAN: I remember David Fincher saying, “Oh, my God, we have discovered the most incredible actress.” And then I got injured and ended up not playing your mama.STEWART: We spent a couple weeks rehearsing.
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