Nicole Kidman admitted that she once lost grip of her emotions as a result of being overworked while filming an HBO drama series. She reflected on the emotional toll she suffered after working long hours on a dark roles, including that of Celeste Wright on “Big Little Lies.” She admitted that she failed to prioritize her personal needs, and wound up experiencing a meltdown.
“I threw a rock because [the door] was locked and I couldn’t get in,” Kidman said during a recent conversation with . “I’d never done that in my life,” she said. “I obviously [had a lot] pent up.
I broke the whole thing. It cost a fortune,” she added. Kidman said playing the dark role of Celeste Write was “very tough on the psyche,” and she recalled telling her co-star Alexander Skarsgard and the director of the drama series, the late Jean-Marc [Vallee] about her emotional episode.
“And then I went back the next day and I said to Alexander [Skarsgard] and Jean-Marc [Vallée], ‘I threw a rock through the window,’ and they were like, ‘Whoa ...
’ I said, ‘I was kind of pissed off,'” she said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 21: Nicole Kidman attends Prime Video’s “Expats” New York premiere at The Museum of Modern Art on January 21, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/WireImage) Kidman went on to explain what led to her .
“But there’s a way in which we operate where the show must go on, and so you just keep going — y.