Nicole Kidman celebrated 25 years of Eyes Wide Shut by reflecting on her experience working with then-husband Tom Cruise as a co-star, and director and writer Stanley Kubrick.
In a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, the A Family Affair star looked back fondly on the trio’s extensive discussion for one memorable scene: Kidman, 57, and Cruise, 62, having an intimate talk over a joint in their bedroom.
“When Tom and I first started with Stanley, it was at his home, and we didn’t even go over the set at Pinewood [Studios],” she recalled.
“Six, eight weeks passed, and we’re wondering, ‘Are we ever going to start?’ And we just wouldn’t start,” the Big Little Lies actress explained. “We were getting comfortable with each other, comfortable enough to throw out ideas.”
“For that scene, we improvised the beginning of it through the rehearsals,” she added.
For the unversed, the Academy Award-winning actress was married to the Top Gun: Maverick star from 1990 to 2001, during which they filmed Kubrick’s final feature from 1996 to 1998 following an expensive rehearsal period.
Days after screening a final cut of Eyes Wide Shut for his family and the film stars, Kubrick died of a heart attack on March 7 1999, at the age of 70.