Nicole Kidman reflects on emotional moment at ‘Big Little Lies’ filming
Nicole Kidman shares 'Big Little Lies’ had a significant impact on her mental health
Nicole Kidman has opened up about an intense moment during the filming of Big Little Lies, revealing that she once threw a rock through a window after keeping her emotions “pent up” for too long.
Speaking at The Hollywood Reporter's roundtable conversation alongside Jodie Foster, Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Aniston, Ana Sawai and Sofía Vergara, the 56-year-old actress reflected on the moments while shooting Big Little Lies.
She explained, “I threw a rock because [the door] was locked and I couldn’t get in,” adding, “I’d never done that in my life.”
Kidman added, “I obviously [had a lot] pent up. I broke the whole thing. It cost a fortune.”
The Oscar winner discussed the event with her Big Little Lies co-star Alexander Skarsgård and season 1 director Jean-Marc Vallée.
“And then I went back the next day and I said to Alexander [Skarsgard] and Jean-Marc [Vallée], ‘I threw a rock through the window,’ and they were like, ‘Whoa …’ I said, 'I was kind of pissed off,’” she shared.
Kidman further noted, “But there’s a way in which we operate where the show must go on, and so you just keep going — you show up and you do it and do it and do it and do it.”
She continued, ““And a lot of times, it’s six months of 12-, 14-hour days and there really isn’t the time to go, ‘I need to take care of myself.’”
Kidman shared that the HBO series was not the single project that emotionally drained her other projects also had a significant impact on her mental health.
To note, the 2017 television series Big Little Lies was adapted from the same-titled novel by Liane Moriarty.
Nicola Kidman played the main role with 48-year-old Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz.
