Tom Cruise praises ex-wife Nicole Kidman for her…
Tom Cruise has his eyes on the previous.
The actor, 62, made a uncommon remark about his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, whom he was married to from 1990 to 2001.
While talking to Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise detailed his expertise in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 thriller “Eyes Wife Shut” in which he starred reverse the actress, 57.
“It was a great experience. I was very excited to do it. I knew Stanley’s movies very well and I was introduced to him through Sydney Pollack,” he advised the outlet. “So Stanley called Sydney ’cause he wanted me to make a movie. He sent me a fax.”
Tom Cruise on the quilt of Sight and Sound. Sight And Sound
Recounting what got here next, Cruise shared, “I flew out to his house and I landed in his backyard. I read the script the day before and we spent the day talking about it. I knew all of his films. 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. And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role [of Alice]. Because obviously she’s a great actress.”
The movie follows Dr. Bill Hartford (Cruise) and his spouse Alice (Kidman), who had sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill then turns into obsessed with having a sexual encounter of his own but will get in over his head.
“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,” Cruise expressed. “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.”
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. WireImage
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in “Eyes Wide Shut.” ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection
The movie also starred Sydney Pollack and Todd Field and was the “Mission Impossible” star referred to as “a very unique experience.”
“Not a large crew. We arrived in the summer and basically we just started testing… the script was just an idea. We [were] constantly rewriting the scenes and shooting the scenes and then reshooting the scenes to really find the tone of the film.”
Cruise and Kidman met in 1990 when the 2 starred reverse each other in “Days of Thunder. However, the “Jerry Maguire” star beforehand married Mimi Rogers in 1987 and the 2 finalized their divorce in February 1990 just 10 months before he tied the knot with the “Perfect Couple” alum in December 1990.
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in “Far and Away.’ ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Cruise and Kidman married in a personal ceremony in Colorado when they have been 28 and 23 years previous.
“I was so young when I got married,” Kidman mirrored to Red magazine in 2016. “I look back now and I’m like, ‘What?’”
After the marriage, the Hollywood icons went on to work collectively in the drama “Far and Away” in 1992 before adopting their daughter Isabella that similar yr.
In 1995 Cruise and Kidman welcomed son Connor via adoption.
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. Leonardo Cendamo
Reflecting on that time in her life, the actress spoke about working on “Eyes Wide Shut” with her different half while speaking to The New York Times in 2020. As she put it, “We were happily married through that.”
“We would go go-kart racing after [intense] scenes. We’d rent out a place and go racing at three in the morning.”
But virtually two years after the project premiered, the duo had break up.
Nicole Kidman and husband Tom Cruise arrive at Sydney Kingsford Smith airport and introduce their kids Connor and Isabella to the media. Getty Images
A rep for Kidman and Cruise stated in a February 2001 assertion: “Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seemed best for both of them at this time.”
The “Top Gun” vet went on to date Penélope Cruz before tying the knot with Katie Holmes in 2006. The two welcomed daughter Suri that similar yr, before splitting in 2012.
Holmes, 46, stated in a 2013 deposition that she needed the divorce in order “to protect Suri from Scientology.”
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman attend the premiere of “The Portrait of a Lady.” 12.8.96
The 19-year-old has reportedly been estranged from her father for years with a source telling Page Six in 2023 that Cruise “has not seen” his daughter “in a very long time and is not a part of her life.”
The “Dawson’s Creek” actress gushed over her close-knit relationship with Suri to Glamour in 2023 magazine, stating she likes to “protect” Suri from the public eye “because she was so visible at a young age.”
“I’m very grateful to be a parent, to be her parent. She’s an incredible person. She’s my heart.”
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. LM Otero Invision/AP
Cruise is now linked to Ana de Armas, 37, – who he continues to spark romance rumors with. Last weekend, the pair have been caught leaving David Beckham’s fiftieth party collectively in London.
Kidman, for her half, was engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2003 but the pair break up shortly after. In June 2006, she married Keith Urban at St. Patrick’s Estate in the beachside suburb of Manly in Sydney. Two years later, Kidman and Urban welcomed Sunday, 16, with Faith, 14, following in 2010.
In 2025, Kidman revealed the important thing to her profitable 19 yr marriage with Urban, 57.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. ABACAUSA.COM
The “A Family Affair” star advised W Magazine she sings in the bathe but also hears “Keith singing in the shower, and I’ll hear his new songs forming.”
“We have a double shower. The double-headed shower: key to a successful marriage. Separate commodes and a double-headed shower!”
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