Oprahs Australian Interest
Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman spoke about their latest movie ‘Australia’ on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Baz Luhrmann’s soon-to-be released epic, ‘Australia’ seems to be Oprah’s latest interest. “Congratulations on your imagination, your vision, your creativity, your direction. Our hearts are all swelling because, my God, it’s just the film we needed to see, I have not been this excited about a movie since I don’t know when.” Winfrey told Luhrmann during a special edition of the Oprah show, dedicated to ‘Australia’ and its stars.
We hear that, Kidman agreed to do the film without seeing a script and convinced Jackman to do the same. “Baz just called me up and said: ‘I’m thinking about this film’. And I’m like: ‘I’m in. I’m yours’, because I feel also that there are directors that bring out something in you that nobody else brings out,” Kidman told Winfrey.
Commenting on this Jackman said, “I told her, well, tell me what the script’s like because Baz wouldn’t really tell me much about it’. And she said: ‘Oh, I haven’t read the script. You just sign on’. And I said: ‘You haven’t read the script?’ She goes: ‘No, this is Baz Luhrmann. Just do it’.”
“At the end of the day, all you’ve got is your story, so try to make it a good one,” Baz says, quoting a line from Australia. “Hugh and Nicole and I, we’ve been on an incredible story and a journey, and if it can put a little bit of good spirit and hope and joy out in the world at this time, it’s been worthwhile.”
The talk show queen’s widely admired endorsement is surely going to give the movie, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, a huge boost in the US!!
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