Nicole Kidman talks about upcoming series 'Nine Perfect Strangers', calls it "trippy"

Nicole Kidman recently admitted how she stayed in character as a wellness resort director for five months, while shooting her upcoming Hulu drama series, Nine Perfect Strangers. Kidman who has appeared in a number of movies and tv shows over course of her career has been recipient of several prestigious awards including an Academy Award for Best Actress. Here's what Kidman had to say about her most recent role -

Nine Perfect Strangers premieres on August 18, on Hulu, to air on Amazon Prime in India

Nicole Kidman was Masha from 'Nine Perfect Strangers' in real life for 5 months?

While appearing on a TCA panel, Nicole Kidman recently revealed how she was a method actor while filming for Nine Perfect Strangers. She said: 

I'd only respond as Masha. I wanted a very calm healing energy to emanate all time so I remember going over to people and sort of putting my hand on ir heart, holding ir hand, y would talk to me or use my name Nicole when I would completely igre m.

only way I could actually relate to people was that way because I felt like orwise I would be doing a performance and I didn’t want to feel that way

While speaking about upcoming Hulu show, Nicole Kidman expressed how it was "trippy," and that she had idea what genre it fell under saying, "When people say define what it is, we still can’t, I mean I dare you to ask any of us, what genre this is, we have idea." While speaking about her experience, she mentioned how she's always done US shows with only one director at helm, who in this case was Jonathan Levine. 

Kidman said:

I see it as an Extension of film it’s just a longer version. I haven’t actually done a show where you have different directors coming in and doing different episodes so for me it’s more like that extended cinematic storytelling. At same time, I started off in Australia, doing mini-series which is equivalent of limited series… so I’ve always embraced it. I just think w it’s such a fantastic landscape because you have se writers and directors who are willing to work in this in this territory.

Melissa McCarthy, who plays role of Francis, also added to conversation. She spoke about starring in a show longer than expected since she continued to star in Mike & Molly even after her success in Bridesmaids. McCarthy said:

When you can play a character longer, you don’t have to take everything out you can really get a long launchpad for a change. You can go from A to Z when you have three years of a show that you mean you just you couldn’t quite compact same way in a film. It’s just luxury of having more time to tell that story, and to show real changes is exciting for me.

More about 'Nine Perfect Strangers'

Nine Perfect Strangers has been created by David E. Kelley and John Henry Butterworth with duo co-writing show with Samantha Strauss. Nine Perfect Strangers cast, apart from Kidman and McCarthy, includes Michael Shann, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Manny Jacinto.

show's official description reads: 

Based on New York Times bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, “Nine Perfect Strangers” takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over m during this 10-day retreat is resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate ir tired minds and bodies. However, se nine “perfect” strangers have idea what is about to hit m.

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