Kidman puts up wall of silence to protect kids

Kidman puts up wall of silence to protect kids
Reuters

Sydney, April 3: Australian actress Nicole Kidman is determined to keep silent on her personal life to protect her two children, despite anguish over the breakdown of her marriage to Tom Cruise, The Sydney Morning Herald said on Tuesday.

In an interview from Los Angeles, Kidman said she was experiencing the toughest time of her life, but did not mention media reports that she had miscarried following the split with Cruise last month.

“I understand that people are interested but it’s my life my personal life. It’s my job as a mother to protect my children and to protect their privacy,” Kidman told the Herald.

“It’s very difficult seeing your life being dragged through the newspapers and the tabloids and your children being dragged through it,” she said.

Kidman said she would continue her policy of not commenting on her personal life and was “trying to take each day as it comes”.

Kidman talked about preparing to play writer Virginia Woolf in a new film and about her latest film Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann. “I’m So proud of the film ... The film has been my shining light in a weird way. My kids and the film are the two things that are my shining lights,” she said.

Kidman said she thought she would not be able to pull off her performance in Moulin Rouge in which she had to sing and dance.

“There were times for me ... where I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to do it the singing and the dancing and the acting,” she said. “I just felt at one stage that I’m either going to be fired or I’ll have to quit. There’s no way I’m Going to be able to pull this off.”

But Kidman said she was proud of her final performance.

“I don’t think I have ever said that about any of my films. I’m extremely critical. I still find things that I wish I did differently ... but as an overall piece, it’s so original.”

Kidman said the film was physically demanding. She broke a rib during dance rehearsals, then tore a knee cartilage three weeks before filming ended.

“The rib wasn’t so bad but the cartilage was a nightmare. I finished the film on crutches, where it was really, really painful,” Kidman said.

“I should have stopped and got operated on...I didn’t really realise the damage I was doing to my body. I sort of kept going and taking painkillers and getting steroid shots just to get through it. I felt like a footballer,” she said.