Tom Cruise makes rare comment about ex-wife Nicole Kidman in revealing new interview

Tom Cruise has his eyes connected nan past.

The actor, 62, made a uncommon remark astir his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, whom he was joined to from 1990 to 2001.

While speaking to Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise elaborate his acquisition successful Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 thriller “Eyes Wife Shut” successful which he starred other nan actress, 57.

“It was a awesome experience. I was very excited to do it. I knew Stanley’s movies very good and I was introduced to him done Sydney Pollack,” he told nan outlet. “So Stanley called Sydney ’cause he wanted maine to make a movie. He sent maine a fax.”

Recounting what came next, Cruise shared, “I flew retired to his location and I landed successful his backyard. I publication nan book nan time earlier and we spent nan time talking astir it. I knew each of his films. I said to Scorsese astir him and Sydney Pollack… truthful I knew what he did and really he worked. Then it was fundamentally he and I getting to cognize each other. And erstwhile we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play nan domiciled [of Alice]. Because evidently she’s a awesome actress.”

The movie follows Dr. Bill Hartford (Cruise) and his woman Alice (Kidman), who had intersexual fantasies astir a man she met, Bill past becomes obsessed pinch having a intersexual brushwood of his ain but gets successful complete his head.

“I knew it was going to beryllium a agelong shoot. He was like, ‘No, no, no. We’ll decorativeness successful 3 aliases 4 months.’ And I said, ‘Stanley, look, I’m present for you. Whatever it’s going to return we’re going to do this…’ I thought nan movie was very interesting, and I wanted to person that experience,” Cruise expressed. “When I spell to make a movie, I do a batch of elaborate investigation and a batch of clip pinch nan group earlier I perpetrate truthful that I understand what they request and want and they understand maine and really we tin activity together and really create thing very special.”

The movie besides starred Sydney Pollack and Todd Field and was nan “Mission Impossible” prima referred to arsenic “a very unsocial experience.”

“Not a ample crew. We arrived successful nan summertime and fundamentally we conscionable started testing… nan book was conscionable an idea. We [were] perpetually rewriting nan scenes and shooting nan scenes and past reshooting nan scenes to really find nan reside of nan film.”

Cruise and Kidman met successful 1990 erstwhile nan 2 starred other 1 different successful “Days of Thunder. However, nan “Jerry Maguire” prima antecedently joined Mimi Rogers successful 1987 and nan 2 finalized their divorcement successful February 1990 conscionable 10 months earlier he tied nan knot pinch nan “Perfect Couple” alum successful December 1990.

Cruise and Kidman joined successful a backstage ceremonial successful Colorado erstwhile they were 28 and 23 years old.

“I was truthful young erstwhile I sewage married,” Kidman reflected to Red magazine successful 2016. “I look backmost now and I’m like, ‘What?’”

After nan wedding, nan Hollywood icons went connected to activity together successful nan play “Far and Away” successful 1992 earlier adopting their girl Isabella that aforesaid year.

In 1995 Cruise and Kidman welcomed boy Connor via adoption.

Reflecting connected that clip successful her life, nan character said astir moving connected “Eyes Wide Shut” pinch her different half while talking to The New York Times in 2020. As she put it, “We were happily joined done that.”

“We would spell go-kart racing aft [intense] scenes. We’d rent retired a spot and spell racing astatine 3 successful nan morning.”

But almost 2 years aft nan task premiered, nan duo had split.

A rep for Kidman and Cruise said successful a February 2001 statement: “Citing nan difficulties inherent successful divergent careers which perpetually support them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seemed champion for some of them astatine this time.”

The “Top Gun” vet went connected to date Penélope Cruz before tying nan knot with Katie Holmes in 2006. The two welcomed girl Suri that aforesaid year, earlier splitting successful 2012.

Holmes, 46, said successful a 2013 deposition that she wanted nan divorcement successful bid “to protect Suri from Scientology.”

The 19-year-old has reportedly been estranged from her begetter for years pinch a root telling Page Six successful 2023 that Cruise “has not seen” his girl “in a very agelong clip and is not a portion of her life.”

The “Dawson’s Creek” character gushed complete her close-knit narration pinch Suri to Glamour in 2023 magazine, stating she likes to “protect” Suri from nan nationalist oculus “because she was truthful visible astatine a young age.”

“I’m very grateful to beryllium a parent, to beryllium her parent. She’s an unthinkable person. She’s my heart.”

Cruise is now linked to Ana de Armas, 37, – who he continues to spark romance rumors with. Last weekend, nan brace were caught leaving David Beckham’s 50th day party together successful London.

Kidman, for her part, was engaged to Lenny Kravitz in 2003 but nan brace divided soon after. In June 2006, she joined Keith Urban at St. Patrick’s Estate in nan beachside suburb of Manly successful Sydney. Two years later, Kidman and Urban welcomed Sunday, 16, pinch Faith, 14, pursuing successful 2010.

In 2025, Kidman revealed nan cardinal to her successful 19 twelvemonth marriage pinch Urban, 57.

The “A Family Affair” prima told W Magazine she sings successful nan ablution but besides hears “Keith singing successful nan shower, and I’ll perceive his caller songs forming.”

“We person a double shower. The double-headed shower: cardinal to a successful marriage. Separate commodes and a double-headed shower!”