Why Nicole Kidman won’t call herself a movie star: ‘I’m a little oddball’

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Vanity Fair’s upcoming 2022 Hollywood Issue (out on newsstands, March 8).“I’m a little oddball. I’m in a state of just being willing to go with the flow,” she told the publication during the splashy shoot featuring her in both a sleek red evening gown and a denim bikini top and miniskirt.“I’m just still in that place of going, ‘I’m not quite sure what defines a movie star,’ ” the stunning mother of four added. “I still approach acting like I’ve just come out of drama school.”VF’s annual tinsel town issue also highlights other A-list stars of the year such as Kristen Stewart, Idris Elba, Benedict Cumberbatch, Penélope Cruz, Andrew Garfield, Simu Liu and Michaela Jaé “Mj” Rodriguez.Stewart dazzled as Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s biopic “Spencer,” and the 31-year-old scored an Oscar nom for her efforts.

She reflected on how she channeled the late Princess of Wales by making sure her battle with bulimia was “not glossed over.”“I couldn’t throw up on this movie, even when I really should have,” she said. “I felt like absolute s – – t, and I could not get it up, and I know it was because my body was just like . . .

the idea of that was so untouchable.”And while Elba, 49, made his career starring in projects ranging from action flicks to rom-coms, he has also dipped his toes into he world of music and DJing.

The “Harder They Fall” actor is hoping that a wider audience will take his music as seriously as they do his screen work. “Some may think, Well, it will be the death of your acting if your music’s s–t,” he explains. “I’ve dealt with the internal struggle of that over the years.