Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ’s marriage was the subject of public fascination in the '90s and also drew the interest of Stanley Kubrick. The revered filmmaker decided to construct his sexual thriller around the real couple's marriage via his film, Eyes Wide Shut. The controversial movie was his last, and has retroactively been considered one of Kubrick's best movies .
However, rumors have swirled around the tedious, years-long process of making the movie, as well as Kubrick’s strange directing techniques allegedly leading to Kidman and Cruise’s divorce. Nevertheless, the movie remains iconic, and Kidman recently reflected on the experience positively and revealed a "great" note the directer gave her and Cruise. In a recent interview with The LA Times , the Moulin Rouge star opened up about making Eyes Wide Shut , which came along so early in Nicole Kidman’s Hollywood career .
She chatted about what it was like working with the famously meticulous Stanley Kubrick and how he wanted to create a comfortable environment for the actors to express their ideas. He wanted his actors to not treat him like a legend, and wanted input regarding creative decisions. She explained: The great thing about him is that he told us, 'Don’t put me on a pedestal.
' That’s the No. 1 rule. Because when we came to his house, we were like, 'Oh, my God.
The great Stanley Kubrick.' And that kind of thinking hinders the creative process. He didn’t want sycophants.
He told us to throw ideas ou.