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Since starring in the Oscar-nominated film Lion, Nicole Kidman tells Karen Anne Overton how she relates to the moving story, and how having her own children on set helps in achieving a work-life balance
?Their story seemed unbelievable to me,? says a wide-eyed Nicole Kidman. ?How is this a real-life story" How could he have been taken away from his family in those circumstances, then attempt to locate them through the use of technology and memory" The magnitude of what Saroo did is astounding. How was that possible"?
Those same questions have been asked by cinemagoers globally as they flocked to see Lion, the incredible true-life story of Saroo Brierley, a boy adopted by an Australian couple after he was separated at age five from his Indian brother and mother, and who later used Google Earth to track down his family and rediscover his roots. Kidman gives the performance of a lifetime as Sue Brierley, Saroo?s adoptive mother, drawing from a wealth of personal experience. Having adopted two children ? Isabella, now 24, and Connor, 22 ? during her first marriage to Tom Cruise, the 49-year-old knows all too well the highs and lows that come with raising little ones who are not biologically your own.
For Kidman the actress, the process of bringing the moving story to life on screen was much more than just a job, but also a welcome break from ?some intense roles?. ?While the exploration and the journey is highly ...