Nicole Kidman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his entire career that has lasted four decades. The winner of an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Bafta and several Emmy Awards, she was surrounded by the affection of her loved ones, her husband, Keith Urban, and her two youngest daughters, Sunday Rose, 15, and Faith Margaret, 13, as well as his sister Antonia Kidman and his nephews. It was a night of true emotions at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where the performer received the award from another great lady of cinema, Meryl Streep, and in the presence of one of her best friends, la actriz Naomi Watts.
Kidman, 56, became the first Australian actress to collect the award and that milestone could not be missed by another actress who grew up in Australia such as Naomi Watts, 55. The protagonist of The impossible, by JA Bayona, demonstrated the great friendship that unites him with the Oscar-winning actress of The hours. “You are the sister I never had. You’re tall, elegant, and wickedly smart, with the most infectious laugh you’ve ever heard. You have always been the most generous person. “You have the heart of a lioness,” Watts said in his speech.
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Watts and Kidman’s friendship goes back many decades. They met in the 80s when they were teenagers in a swimsuit commercial. and they spent hours talking during the casting until they decided on the one chosen for the advertisement. “We talked about everything, what movies we loved, the friends we had in common, our parents, school, parties, boyfriends, teenage things,” said the star of King Kong. Finally, none of them managed to appear in the advertising spot because “it turns out that “two lanky, flat-chested girls didn’t quite fit the bill for an ’80s swimsuit ad.”Watts said.
The British actress, who grew up in Australia like Kidman, recalled how she was scared when she realized she had missed the bus home. “In the Stone Age, we didn’t have cell phones or Uber. And no, our mothers weren’t waiting for us outside,” she continued. “But Nic offered to take a taxi and she said she would drop me off on the way home, despite It was 20 minutes out of his way and It cost 15 dollars more“. Hence he described her as “the most generous person.”
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From then on they forged a great friendship. “She opened her houses to me. She made me feel part of her family. She was like the sister she had never had,” said Watts, who starred with Kidman in the film Flirting (The first experience) in 1991. “She is incredibly supportive of other women. For ten years, When I lived under the radar, she kept telling me: ‘One thing will change everything, I swear.’ She just holds on’“Kidman told him and he was right.
Watts has assured that his friendship with the star of Cold Mountain the has “saved” many times over the years. “Nic, it is a great honor for me to share this moment with you tonight for this incredible award. Your generosity, your loyalty, your sisterhood, and your sense of adventure make you a truly extraordinary woman who I am proud to call my friend.” Watts concluded her speech: “So, wherever the path takes us, “I want to accompany you on the journey and, I promise, the next journey is on me.”
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