Tom Cruise makes rare comment about ex-wife Nicole Kidman in revealing new interview

Tom Cruise has his eyes on the past.The actor, 62, made a rare comment about his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, whom he was married to from 1990 to 2001.While speaking to Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise detailed his experience in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 thriller “Eyes Wife Shut” in which he starred opposite the actress, 57.“It was a great experience.I was very excited to do it.

I knew Stanley’s movies very well and I was introduced to him through Sydney Pollack,” he told the outlet.“So Stanley called Sydney ’cause he wanted me to make a movie.

He sent me a fax.”Recounting what came next, Cruise shared, “I flew out to his house and I landed in his backyard.I read the script the day before and we spent the day talking about it.

I knew all of his films.I spoke to Scorsese about him and Sydney Pollack… so I knew what he did and how he worked.

Then it was basically he and I getting to know each other.And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role [of Alice].

Because obviously she’s a great actress.”The film follows Dr.Bill Hartford (Cruise) and his wife Alice (Kidman), who had sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill then becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter of his own but gets in over his head.“I knew it was going to be a long shoot.

He was like, ‘No, no, no.We’ll finish in three or four months.’ And I said, ‘Stanley, look, I’m here for you.

Whatever it’s going to take we’re going to do this…’ I thought the film was very interesting, and I wanted to have that experience,” Cruise expressed.“When I go to make a movie, I do a lot of detailed investigation and a lot of time with the people before I commit so that I understand what they need and want and they understand me and how we can work together and really create something very special.”The film also starred Sydney Pollack and Todd Field and was the “Mission Impossible” star referred to as “a very unique experience.”“Not a large c...