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.
Whereas talking to Sight and Sound journal, Cruise detailed his expertise in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 thriller “Eyes Wife Shut” wherein 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 instructed the outlet. “So Stanley called Sydney ’cause he wanted me to make a movie. He sent me a fax.”
Recounting what got here subsequent, 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. Invoice Hartford (Cruise) and his spouse Alice (Kidman), who had sexual fantasies a couple of man she met, Invoice then turns into obsessive about having a sexual encounter of his personal however 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.”
The movie additionally starred Sydney Pollack and Todd Area and was the “Mission Impossible” star known 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 simply 10 months earlier than he tied the knot with the “Perfect Couple” alum in December 1990.
Cruise and Kidman married in a non-public ceremony in Colorado once they had been 28 and 23 years outdated.
“I was so young when I got married,” Kidman mirrored to Purple journal in 2016. “I look back now and I’m like, ‘What?’”
After the marriage, the Hollywood icons went on to work collectively within the drama “Far and Away” in 1992 earlier than adopting their daughter Isabella that very same 12 months.
In 1995 Cruise and Kidman welcomed son Connor by way of adoption.
Reflecting on that point in her life, the actress spoke about engaged on “Eyes Wide Shut” together with her different half whereas speaking to The New York Instances 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.”
However virtually two years after the mission premiered, the duo had cut up.
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 this point Penélope Cruz earlier than tying the knot with Katie Holmes in 2006. The 2 welcomed daughter Suri that very same 12 months, earlier than splitting in 2012.
Holmes, 46, stated in a 2013 deposition that she wished the divorce so as “to protect Suri from Scientology.”
The 19-year-old has reportedly been estranged from her father for years with a supply telling Web 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 journal, stating she likes to “protect” Suri from the general 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.”
Cruise is now linked to Ana de Armas, 37, – who he continues to spark romance rumors with. Final weekend, the pair had been caught leaving David Beckham’s fiftieth birthday celebration collectively in London.
Kidman, for her half, was engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2003 however the pair cut up shortly after. In June 2006, she married Keith City at St. Patrick’s Property within the beachside suburb of Manly in Sydney. Two years later, Kidman and City welcomed Sunday, 16, with Religion, 14, following in 2010.
In 2025, Kidman revealed the important thing to her profitable 19 12 months marriage with City, 57.
The “A Family Affair” star instructed W Journal she sings within the bathe but in addition 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!”
