The actress Nicole Kidman 57, brings the murder mystery “The Perfect Couple ” to the screen in a new series from Netflix in which she plays the matriarch of a wealthy American family with many secrets.
The production is adapted from the 2018 novel by Elin Hilderbrand which bears the same name.
The six-part series stars Eve Hewson as zootechnician Amelia Sacks, who is joining one of Nantucket’s wealthiest families. Kidman plays her disapproving future mother-in-law, murder mystery novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, who has thrown a lavish wedding at the family home over the Fourth of July weekend.
However, when a body washes up on the beach on the wedding day, secrets are revealed and an investigation begins.
“I grew up with it (murder mysteries) and… I haven’t seen one like it in a long time, so it was really exciting to be a part of it and to be able to produce it as well,” Kidman told Reuters at the series’ UK premiere in London on Monday (2).
The Oscar winner said the role is “very different” from the one she plays in “Babygirl “, an erotic drama that premiered in Venice Film Festival last week.
“(Greer is) strong, powerful and that was exciting to play… I’m always looking to do things I haven’t done or try different things,” she said.
Liev Schreiber plays the patriarch of the Tag family, a role the actor said he took “a little convincing” to take on. “But after I talked to (director) Susanne Bier for about two weeks and Nicole (Kidman), I realized how deliciously dark and wonderful it would be, so it came together,” he said.
Meanwhile, Hewson’s character is the outsider. “I was a little bit jealous of the Winburys (the family’s characters) just because they have such great one-liners,” she said. “I was the down-to-earth one… the serious one.”
The series’ cast also includes Dakota Fanning, Meghann Fahy, Jack Reynor, Billy Howle, Sam Nivola and Ishaan Khatter.
“The Perfect Couple” premieres on Netflix next Thursday (5).
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This content was originally published in Nicole Kidman on “The Perfect Couple”: “Very exciting to make and produce” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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