Can we just, for a single moment, pause to honour Nicole Kidman? Turn on any television and she will always be there, usually crying, naked, in any number of mouthwatering prestige dramas, reminding us that no matter how rich, sexy and thin you are, as a woman, your life can still be hell. For example, in The Perfect Couple (Netflix), a lush thriller set on Nantucket, she plays Greer, a world-famous novelist. Greer has a beautiful house, a hunky husband, a loving family — but don’t let that fool you.
You just know it’s only a matter of time before her marriage collapses, the children will be revealed to hate her and a dead body will roll up on the beach. And then we will.
