In her first film since Dead Calm 46-year-old Nicole Kidman’s native Aussie accent will be heard onscreen in her newest project ‘Strangerland’ to be released in 2015.
One of Hollywood’s biggest stars; Kidman said on her Facebook page that she loved the small NSW town of Canowindra and felt welcomed by the township’s 2000 strong population where her latest film Stangerland was filmed last month.
Shot on location in Sydney, Broken Hill and Canowindra a brunette Kidman is joined by Joseph Fiennes in a story about a couple whose teenage children go missing. “I am always looking for the right script to bring me home to Australia, “said Kidman, “the moment I read Strangerland I knew this was a film I couldn’t say no to.”
Kidman and Fiennes are joined by Hugo Weaving, playing the role of the policeman in charge of the investigation into the missing children, and about 400 Canowindra locals as on-set extras.
IMAGE: Australian actor Nicole Kidman. (AAP Image/Gaye Gerard)