Reese Witherspoon showed her admiration for longtime pal Nicole Kidman by doing a spot-on impression of the Aussie actor at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award gala in Hollywood in April. TNT posted a video on June 14 that showed Witherspoon giving a speech about her “Big Little Lies” co-star and co-producer, who was honored for her contribution to film at the event. TNT will air the American Film Institute's tribute to Kidman on June 17.
While at the microphone, Witherspoon imitated Kidman talking enthusiastically about film directors. “(Kidman) will often say to me of a foreign film I’ve absolutely never heard of — like, y’all, I mean, it’s out there — and she’s like, ‘But do you see that director?’” Witherspoon said, adopting Kidman’s Australian accent. The paused as audience members, including Kidman, laughed at her impression.
"'I mean, it's ,'" Witherspoon continued, still in character as Kidman. "'Reese, we get her. We .
'" TNT wrote in its caption, “Reese Witherspoon does one hell of Nicole Kidman impression.” (TNT also recently shared ) Fans on X were also impressed. “OK Reese, this is scary good,” one user who retweeted the video.
“Wth this is such a good Nicole impression,” another. Witherspoon and Kidman have been close friends for many years. “Our paths consistently cross, and that’s one of the things I love about us.
We started working together and we went, ‘Okay, from this point on, it’s a lifetime,’” Kidman said.
