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Nicole Kidman<\/a> is one of the hardest-working actors of her generation. No matter if she\u2019s stepping into an intense, emotionally draining role or one a little more lighthearted, the star has hardly backed down since she started acting in the 1980s.\u00a0<\/p>\n Beginning her career in some local Australian productions, it wouldn\u2019t be until her move to Hollywood a few years later that she truly cemented herself as a potential cinematic icon. Roles in some big movies, like Days of Thunder, came fast, but by the mid-1990s, she\u2019d proved herself to be far from your average star.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her role in Gus Van Sant\u2019s To Die For was a brilliantly comic yet dark performance<\/a> that singled Kidman\u2019s greatness out \u2013 this was not someone whom anyone could ignore. Within a few years, she was the apple of everyone\u2019s eye thanks to roles in the likes of Stanley Kubrick\u2019s Eyes Wide Shut, Baz Luhrmann\u2019s musical romance Moulin Rouge!, and The Hours, for which she won a \u2018Best Actress\u2019 Oscar.<\/p>\n The actor was picking up leading roles like nobody\u2019s business, moving between genres with ease and attracting the attention of some big names. Not everyone was as impressed, though. In 2004, following two collaborations with one another, classic Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall made a rather rude remark about Kidman that took many by surprise. <\/p>\n I mean, it\u2019s not all that shocking that the sharp-tongued Bacall said something malicious \u2013 she was known for refusing to hold back her opinions \u2013 but her comments about Kidman were totally unnecessary. The pair first starred alongside each other in Lars von Trier\u2019s experimental 2003 drama Dogville, before reuniting a year later to play mother and daughter in Jonathan Glazer\u2019s polarising psychological drama Birth<\/a>.<\/p>\n You\u2019d think that these brilliant performances from Kidman would\u2019ve impressed Bacall, who could\u2019ve said something nice about her co-star when asked about working with her. Instead, she gave a response that was far from friendly. <\/p>\n GMTV\u2019s Jenni Falconer said to Bacall in an interview, \u201cAnd now you\u2019ve worked alongside another screen legend, Nicole Kidman\u2026\u201d seemingly about to ask her about the experience, to which the To Have and Have Not star replied, \u201cShe\u2019s not a legend. She\u2019s a beginner.\u201d<\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cWhat is this \u2018legend?\u2019 She can\u2019t be a legend at whatever age she is. She can\u2019t be a legend \u2013 you have to be older.\u201d While it makes sense that Bacall would see Kidman as way more inexperienced than her, it was wholly unfair to diminish Kidman\u2019s place in the industry, which had been firmly secured years beforehand. <\/p>\n At that point, Kidman was on a pretty flawless run of diverse titles, all of which spawned nuanced and unforgettable performances from the Australian actor \u2013 you would hardly call her a beginner. Over two decades on and Kidman has firmly proved her legend status, though, with roles across everything from Big Little Lies<\/a> to The Beguiled. Bacall passed away in 2014, so we\u2019ll never know if she thinks that Kidman has now reached a suitable age to be considered a Hollywood legend. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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