Nicole Kidman has spoken out about her former relationship with Tom Cruise . In honor of the anniversary of their 1999 movie Eyes Wide Shut , Kidman reflected on what the filming process was like for her, as well as whether or not the film’s director, Stanley Kubrick, decided to take advantage of their relationship. “I suppose he was mining it,” the actress said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times .
“There were ideas he was interested in. He’d ask a lot of questions. But he had a strong sense of the story he was telling.
I do remember him saying, ‘Triangles are hard. You have to tread carefully when it’s a triangle.’” The Oscar winner added: “Because one person could feel ganged up on.
But he was aware of that and knew how to manage us.” Kidman and Cruise were married for more than a decade, from 1990 to 2001. They share two children together Isabella, 31 and Connor, 29.
Despite their relationship at the time, The Family Affair actress admitted that being a woman led to a slightly different relationship with the director simply because of her gender. “There’s something about being a woman in that equation, too,” she continued. “And Stanley liked women.
He had a different relationship with Tom. They worked more closely together on his character.” This isn’t the first time Kidman has talked about the dynamic she had with Cruise while they filmed the movie.
She also spoke to the New York Times about her marriage to Cruise in October 2020..