Nicole Kidman plays tough matriarch in ‘The Perfect Couple’
LONDON—Nicole Kidman brings the murder mystery “The Perfect Couple” to the small screen in a new Netflix miniseries in which she plays the matriarch of a wealthy American family with plenty of secrets.
The six-part show, adapted from the 2018 novel by Elin Hilderbrand, stars Eve Hewson as zookeeper Amelia Sacks, who is marrying into one of the richest families in Nantucket.
Kidman plays her disapproving future mother-in-law, murder mystery novelist Greer Garrison Winbury, who has organized a lavish wedding at the family home over the 4th of July holiday weekend.
When a body washes up ashore on the day of the nuptials, however, secrets unravel and an investigation begins.
“I grew up on (murder mysteries) and… I haven’t seen one like this for a while, so it was exciting to be a part of it and produce it as well,” Kidman told Reuters at the series’ UK premiere in London on Monday.
Quest
The Oscar winner said the role was “so different” from the one she plays in “Babygirl,” an erotic drama she premiered at the Venice Film Festival last week.
“(Greer is) strong and powerful, and that was exciting to play… I’m always on this quest to find things that I haven’t done or have different experiences,” she said.
Liev Schreiber plays family patriarch Tag, a role the actor said he needed “some convincing” taking on.
“But once I talked to (director) Susanne Bier for about two weeks and Nicole (Kidman), I realized how deliciously dark and wonderful this was going to be, so it worked out,” he said.
The cast also includes Dakota Fanning, Meghann Fahy, Jack Reynor, Billy Howle, Sam Nivola and Ishaan Khatter.
