Ben Affleck on ‘The Accountant 2’ at SXSW premiere
Ben Affleck opens up about relationships and authentic connections on the red carpet of “The Accountant 2” premiere at SXSW.
AUSTIN, Texas – Another reason has sprouted to give Nicole Kidman her fashion flowers – we’re thinking tulips for the “Holland” star.
Kidman, 57, stunned at Sunday’s premiere during Austin’s SXSW festival in a look from a 2008 Fendi collection. Her long locks were pulled into a high ponytail, keeping the focus on the black-striped dress with layered skirt.
In her new film arriving to Amazon’s Prime Video on March 27, the Oscar-winner plays the meatloaf making wife of Fred Vandergroot (Matthew Macfadyen). The pair are raising their son (Jude Hill) in idyllic Holland, Michigan, a town complete with tulips, a windmill and a giant mystery. Nancy’s seemingly perfect life is upended when she learns of a devastating secret with help from her colleague (Gael García Bernal).
”We were so lucky because our costume designer (Susan Lyall) was so meticulous and really created a character,” Kidman said at Sunday’s premiere. “This, for me, is a character role, and that’s what I loved about it. It’s very defined just the accent, the way I look, all of it.”
Lyall performed extensive research, according to notes about the film. “We delved into high school yearbooks from that era, browsed through an awful lot of JCPenney catalogs, and even asked people on the crew to bring in photos of themselves in 2000,” Lyall said.
Turning the clock back helps create tension for the thriller, director Mimi Cave said on the carpet Sunday.“If you’re in a hurry to get somewhere, you can’t just look it up on your phone,” Cave said. “There’s a tension in the time that that adds. Also, it gives more props for my actors to play with and adds a special nostalgic vibe.”
Kidman praised the world Cave created for her cast in a Q&A following Sunday’s screening.
“She was so precise and knew exactly what she wanted,” Kidman said, “So it was really fun for us because we were able to create characters in this slightly heightened reality and then hopefully take you on a twisty, crazy wild ride. It starts out one way and then you go, ‘Huh?’”
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