Nicole Kidman supports the enigma of ‘resisting ageism’ at the Cannes Film Festival
She is now bracing for Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2.
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Nicole Kidman is known for breaking the barriers and going beyond the conventions, be it in terms of acting or in real life instances including her decision to collaborate more with female filmmakers.
The Cannes Film Festival and Kering proclaimed that Nicole Kidman will be the 10th recipient of the Women in Motion Award.
Nicole’s statement at the Cannes
Nicole made a public announcement in 2017 that she will be work with women directors after every 18 months. She has resultantly collaborated with 27 female directors in the past 8 years. According to Variety, Nicole said, “I was going to make it possible. I was at a point where we had a discussion where there was such a disparity in terms of the choice. You’d go, ‘Could a woman direct this?’ And there wasn’t a number of names where you could even consider people. They’d say it was someone’s first time and you didn’t want to risk it.”
The actor added, “You get to a certain age and maybe you had made a great film in your 20s that got lauded and then suddenly you’re in your 40s and you haven’t followed it up or made choices that didn’t succeed. But you’re like, ‘I’m not over! Please still keep believing in me and investing in me.’ That is important too, resisting ageism. There’s the emerging talents and then the ones that are still going who have a wealth of knowledge and experience and have somehow been cast out or are not the cool person. It’s about going, ‘No, you actually can have a second or third chapter.’”
Nicole was recently seen in Holland, helmed by Mimi Cave.
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