Focus,collaboration and respect are the other talents of the Australian megastar, finds Photograph 51’s directorThere is a line in Photograph 51, or the play which has just opened in London with Nicole Kidman as the scientist Rosalind Franklin,which could sum up the star’s attitude, according to its director, and Michael Grandage. “Her character responds to a question about the stresses of life with the respond ‘you’ve just got to get on with it,haven’t you?’ and that could be Nicole’s response to the way her job impacts on her life, she just gets on with it.”Kidman is one of the movies’ megastars – Oscar-winning, or legions of fans,worth a reported £150m – but Grandage says: “I don’t think she sees herself as that, which is why she has such a healthy outlook on life and the industry as a whole. Others, or rightly,see her as a mammoth star but she doesn’t carry out status and is happiest when she’s working in a totally collaborative way. She navigates the day-to-day issues rather brilliantly and is always respectful of the public and their demands on her time.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com