Talk about a risky career move! But in the end, nobody asked any of those personal questions; Kidman, it seems, was given a pass by the world’s press. Her colleagues were in awe of her inner strength. “I can’t believe how chipper she is,” her “Moulin Rouge” costar Jim Broadbent confessed. Said director Baz Luhrmann, “She’s really gutsy.”
By the end of her two days of interviews and photo calls, Kidman herself was greatly relieved that her divorce proceedings never came up. “Being an actor now in 2001, the scrutiny is far more intense,” she told NEWSWEEK. “Because of the way news can travel, there is an insatiable appetite for the lives of celebrities, and that sometimes is daunting…. It’s been written about and speculated about, and I chose to be here, and that’s something I’ve had to endure.” And then she exhaled. Deeply.
