{"id":1422,"date":"2025-05-11T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T09:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosperitywithory.com\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2025-05-13T02:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:13:09","slug":"tom-cruise-makes-rare-nicole-kidman-comment-23-years-after-revealing-reason-for-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosperitywithory.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/tom-cruise-makes-rare-nicole-kidman-comment-23-years-after-revealing-reason-for-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise makes rare Nicole Kidman comment 23 years after revealing reason for split"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were married from 1990 to 2001(Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom\u00a0Cruise\u00a0has hailed his ex-wife Nicole Kidman<\/a> in a rare comment about his former partner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Top Gun<\/a> actor, who is reportedly now dating actress Ana de Armas, <\/a>has recalled how he recommended Nicole \u2013 whom he was married to from 1990 until 2001 \u2013 to star alongside him as Alice Harford in Stanley Kubrick\u2019s 1999 movie Eyes Wide Shut because he felt she had the talent to take on the role.<\/p>\n

The couple met on the set of the 1990 Tony Scott directed drama Days of Thunder.<\/p>\n

The duo also stunned film fans when they appeared in the erotically charged drama Eyes Wide Shut in 1999.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the British Film Institute\u2019s (BFI) Sight and Sound magazine,\u00a0Cruise\u00a0said of making the film<\/a>: \u2018I flew out to his (Kubrick\u2019s) house and I landed in his backyard. I read the script the day before and we spent the day taking about it. I knew all of his films.<\/p>\n

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Cruise hailed his ex as a \u2018great actress\u2019 (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cruise last spoke about his split from Kidman in 2022 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Then 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\u2019s a great actress.\u2019<\/p>\n

The production of Eyes Wide Shut lasted 400 days and\u00a0Cruise\u00a0recalled how he informed Kubrick, who passed away from a heart attack aged 70 before the movie was released<\/a>, that he was willing to do whatever it took to get the film made.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old actor said: \u2018I knew it was going to be a long shoot. He was like, \u201cNo, no, no. We\u2019ll finish in three or four months.\u201d And I said, \u201cStanley, look, I\u2019m here for you. Whatever it\u2019s going to take we\u2019re going to do this.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

Cruise\u00a0continued: \u2018I thought the film was very interesting, and I wanted to have that experience. 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

The actor had last spoken publicly about Kidman\u2014with whom he raised\u00a0daughter\u00a0Bella Cruise, 32, and\u00a0son\u00a0Connor Cruise, 30<\/a>\u2014in 2002 while reflecting on the reason behind their breakup.<\/p>\n

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Cruise and Kidman in a scene from the film Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. (Picture: Warner Brothers\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cruise and Kidman filed for divorce in February 2001 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018She knows why, and I know why,\u2019 Cruise told\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u2018She\u2019s the mother of my children, and I wish her well.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cruise had filed for divorce from Kidman in February 2001. At the time, their rep told multiple outlets in a statement: \u2018Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers, which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seems best for both of them at this time.\u2019<\/p>\n

Kidman went on marry\u00a0Keith Urban\u00a0in 2006 and welcome with him daughters\u00a0Sunday Rose, 16, and\u00a0Faith Margaret, 14.<\/p>\n

While Cruise married Dawson\u2019s Creek star Katie Holmes <\/a>in 2005 before the pair welcomed their daughter, Suri, in April 2006.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cruise\u00a0also opened up on how he found it \u2018exhilarating\u2019 to work with Val Kilmer, who died at the age of 65 last month, on the Top Gun movies.<\/p>\n

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Cruise opened up on working with the late Val Kilmer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He recalled: \u2018I felt so grateful that he decided to make the film. We did a lot to get him in the movie. Originally, he just didn\u2019t want to make the movie, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a supporting, I want to star in films.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I was calling his agent, and Tony Scott was hunting him down and meeting in an elevator with Val, and he was like, \u201cPlease, Val, please.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018You just see what a great actor, charismatic guy he was. And in that scene, what I love about what he did and how he played it, he just knew that tone to hit. He had to play it so you wanted these guys to be friends in the end. Do you know what I\u2019m saying?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018And I remember those scenes like they were yesterday, acting with him, where he did the bite thing. You know when you\u2019re acting with somebody and you just see they\u2019re just on fire. It\u2019s exhilarating. I love when the scene just goes to a different place. If you look at Top Gun, I think he\u2019s in the movie maybe ten minutes. That\u2019s the impact of an artist like that.\u2019<\/p>\n

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