On the Set with Nicole and Naomi
Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 2:58PM Murtada with a bit of news about BFFs Nic and Naomi.
Remember when Nicole Kidman worked with John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in Rabbit Hole (2010)? Of course you do. It was the last time she put her considerable talent in a movie that completely worked. Yes Oscar noticed but more importantly she won the Film Bitch best actress award.
They're working together again right now. The movie is called How to Talk to Girls at Parties and is about an alien who visits Earth, landing in the London suburb of Croydon during 1970s punk era. And what has excited us most about this picture of Kidman is the costume, of course. Nicole looks like a character from Velvet Goldmine! It's not a coincidence. The costumes are by Haynes favorite Sandy Powell and this marks the first time ever she’s designed for Kidman. Can you believe it?
Also starring are Elle Fanning - obviously an actressexual since she’s just finished working with The Bening - Ruth Wilson, the wonderful Joanna Scanlan and last year Tony’s winner for best actor Alex Sharp in the lead role.
Meanwhile Nicole’s best friend is working with her baby daddy (her term not ours, we assume jokingly) Liev Schreiber on his passion project The Bleeder. This is a biopic of boxer Chuck Wepner who is the real life inspiration behind Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa. Apparently Schreiber has been trying to get this story to the screen for years, so naturally he enlisted his Oscar nominated partner.
Watts is playing Wepner’s wife, Linda. Let’s hope it is more than the usual stock female part in sports movies. The director is Philippe Falaradeau (Monsieur Lazhar, The Big Lie) and the cast includes Elisabeth Moss and Ron Perlman. Schreiber has been hiding his hair in recent public appearances --- we suspect an altered hairline. Just google Chuck Wepner and you’ll know why.
Don't you wish Watts & Kidman were working together? Let's fantasy cast them in the comments!
Reader Comments (14)
it's brilliantly easy to imagine them in the same movie with these exact wigs and clothes.
With those wigs? Fabulously Absolute: The True Story of Patsy and Edina.
Here's a picture of what's going on under Liev's hats.
I want Kidman and Chastain in a movie together where they're frosty and stiff. Simply to piss off their haters.
Dang! Judging by the headline I (wrongly) assumed Naomi and Nic were co-starring again.
It would be a dream if we had a road movie like Thelma & Louise through the outback.
Kidman is the Queen.
Cher would kill for Kidman's wig and costume!
I feel like it's been since I Heart Huckabees that we've seen Naomi Watts have fun in a movie. I'm ready to see that again.
Watts and Kidman together=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Sandy Powell + Nicole Kidman + 1970s Punk = literally the best thing ever
From what I understand, Kidman is playing a Punk Queen who the lead character turns to for help so her costumes are obviously going to be extravagant (like the one above).
Since this already has a good and very hip distributor (A24) I wonder if we have our first Costume Design contender for next year....
I love that John Cameron Mitchell has found a sort of muse in Nicole. It's an unlikely duo but they obviously get on.
I hope the film is as crazy and fun as the synopsis and director would lead us to believe.
I LOVE RABBIT HOLE.
Nicole looks Anime , sort of like Jem from Jem and the holograms.