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Actress Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban have been married for fifteen years, and even though with their massive fan following and successful careers, they have managed to keep their romance private from the public's eye. But just like two individuals who love and admire each other, at times, they take to their social media accounts to share adorable moments between the two.
Nicole Kidman recently walked the red carpet at the ‘Being the Ricardos’ premiere at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The film is set to be released on December 10th, 2021, and the actress will play Lucille Ball opposite Javier Bardem who is portraying Desi Arnaz; couldn't stop praising her husband Keith Urban for his support in her playing the role.
Cheslie Kryst, who works for Extra, caught the actress on the red carpet and the actress where she shared, "He’s just very supportive. He’s in their going, ‘I believe you can do it. Go for it. What do we need to do to support you? ’ which is a fantastic partner in life." Nicole Kidman elaborated on her transformation for the film, saying that she only had her brows done and that was it.
Nicole appeared on Live with Kelly and Ryan, where she called Keith Urban and their two daughters her "favorite people". She also told the hosts that she tried to back out of taking on the role of Lucille Ball in "Being the Ricardos," especially after the backlash that followed after she was confirmed for the role in January. She said, "I went, 'What have I said yes to?' — to which I then went, 'Oh no, I'm not right. Everyone thinks I'm not right, so I'm going to try to sidestep this’, And the producers, Todd Black, and Aaron Sorkin, were both like, "Absolutely not." I was in Australia, and they were like, "No." And thank God, because then I was so grateful because I got to fall in love with her.
Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in "Being the Ricardos'. Image Source: CNN
Nicole also shared that she was hesitant to take up the role of Lucille Ball because it was out of her comfort zone, but after the completion of the movie, she hopes that she is as funny as the famous comedian. Nicole said that she had to study Lucille Ball every day and quoted, "It was working with a dialect coach that was extraordinary, a movement coach that was extraordinary, and then studying, studying, studying, and studying, and Aaron going, 'I'm not interested in all that. I just want you to be real. A lot of it is studious, then abandoned... A very strange collision of needing to be very, very loose and needing to be very, very prepared. "
With Cheslie Kryst, Nicole said, "We (the entire cast) were all very much attached and going, ‘I got you.’ You’ve got some of the greatest actors." Nicole Kidman’s upcoming movie, "Being the Ricardos," will be released on December 10th, 2021, and will arrive on Amazon Prime Video on December 21st, 2021.
Talking about Nicole and Keith, they met in 2005 at the G’Day USA gala, and it was love at first sight for the two, but neither of the two thought that the other person was interested. In 2017, Nicole appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show and shared, "I remember thinking, I had such a crush on him, and he wasn’t interested in me." Keith Urban explained his side of the story when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, "I swear to you, she glided across the room, floated. I don’t know how she did it. It was out of this world, and there was a split moment where she wasn’t with anybody, and I thought, ‘I’ll just go up and say hi.’"
In 2006, on Nicole Kidman’s 38th birthday, the actress shared that she knew Keith Urban was the one she wanted to spend her life with. The two got married on June 25th, 2006 in Manly, Australia, in the presence of celebrity friends including Russell Crowe, Baz Luhrmann, and Naomi Watts, and Keith, Hugh Jackman, and Crowded Hour singer Neil Finn performed. Their marriage is filled with beautiful memories some good like the day their daughters were born and a few of the bad ones where Nicole had to stage an intervention with Keith into getting sober. Keith told to the Rolling Stones, “I caused the implosion of my fresh marriage. It survived, but it’s a miracle it did. I was spiritually awoken with her. I use the expression ‘I was born into her,’ and that’s how I feel. And for the first time in my life, I could shake off the shackles of addiction.”
Recently, during the virtual Golden Globes that were held on February 28th, 2021, Nicole and Keith made a rare appearance with their daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. Nicole Kidman recently posted a picture of Keith Urban where she mentioned that he was "just feeling incredibly grateful." In 2020, Nicole said to Today, "I'm married to a wonderful man. And the kids have a great father, and that's a very beautiful thing to be able to say."
As for her role as Lucille Ball, Nicole Kidman got the approval of Ball and Arnaz's daughter, Lucie Arnaz who mentioned that Oscar-winning actress, Nicole Kidman is spectacular in the movie and what she did was astounding. She lastly added, "She's got such poise and class."
