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Nicole Kidman: It’s a version, so I don’t think there’s a judgement attached to it, that’s for each person that sees the film to interpret. Their interpretation of it will be wildly different. I’m sure if we polled everyone, they would have a completely different reaction to Romy and the way she behaves. My connection to it is that I want to examine human beings. I want to examine women on screen. I want to examine what it means to be human, and in all the facets of that and the labyrinth of that. So ‘Big Little Lies’, is actually very different, but this definitely leaves me exposed and vulnerable and frightened and all of those things when it’s given to the world, but making it with these people here, it was delicate and intimate and very, very deep. Right now, we’re all a bit nervous [laughs]. I was like, ‘I hope my hands aren’t shaking!’ But at the same time really proud to still be invited to a festival like this and to be forging ahead with cinema, with films that are still being made, and particularly with women at the helm. You know, I said it, I can’t remember how long ago at Cannes, at a press conference, I went, I’m going to put my weight behind a lot of women now in terms of directors, to try and change the ratio. And this is all part of it. What was it like working alongside Antonio Banderas, Harris Dickinson, and Sophie Wilde for this? Nicole Kidman: We were so lucky to have both of them, because it was the four of us together on a journey, and it was really, really intimate. And then Sophie [Wilde] comes along and shakes the whole thing up, which was great, because we had this sort of Antonio and I as our generation, and then Harris and Sophie coming, and the two generations colliding, which is very interesting too. Sophie is a fellow Australian? Did you have any part in the casting? Nicole Kidman: We actually had a great time, because we could also talk about history of just the industry, and she went to NIDA [The National Institute of Dramatic Art]. And we talked about growing up in Australia, what that means, family. So separate to everything, we were able to just bond that way. And I remember when I saw that she’d won Best Actress [AACTA Award], I texted her like, ‘Oh my god!’. It’s beautiful to see these, these young people, young Australians, coming up and taking the big bite out of the world that they deserve. Sophie - watch out everyone. Older women used to be taught to hate their bodies, but it is very important the way your body is seen filmed in this movie. When did you decide that your body was somehow a weapon or part of the feminist battlefield? Nicole Kidman: I mean, the thing is, I approach everything artistically, so I don’t think of the minutia. I just go, ‘How do I give over to this particular character at this time, fully, without censoring my director.’ And that’s why it is important to feel safe with them, because I will just complete abandon to the story, to the nature of the character that I’m playing. So I don’t think about bodies per se, I just think about, ‘How do we tell the story, and what is your vision for it? And how do I help you? And how do we get there?’ And then we have big conversations,