Tom Cruise has opened up about his filming experience with his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman.
During an interview with Sight & Sound magazine, he candidly recalled when he suggested his former wife for the lead role in Eyes Wide Shut.
“I spoke to Scorsese about him and Sydney Pollack… so I knew what he did and how he worked. Then it was basically he and I getting to know each other,” the Mission Impossible actor told the outlet.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman starred in 1999’s erotic mystery movie alongside Sydney Pollack, Todd Field, and Leelee Sobieski.
Praising his ex-wife, Cruise said, “And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role [of Alice]. Because obviously she’s a great actress.”
Recalling his conversation with the director, Stanley Kubrick, he continued, “I knew it was going to be a long shoot. He was like, ‘No, no, no. We’ll finish in three or four months.’”
“And I said, ‘Stanley, look, I’m here for you.Whatever it’s going to take we’re going to do this…’ I thought the film was very interesting, and I wanted to have that experience.”
Moreover, the 62-year-old actor revealed that he and the team were constantly rewriting the scenes and reshooting the scenes to “find the tone of the movie.”
“When I go to make a movie, I do a lot of detailed investigation and a lot of time with the people before I commit so that I understand what they need and want and they understand me and how we can work together and really create something very special,” the four-time Oscar nominee concluded.
For those unversed, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were married from 1990 to 2001.
