Kidman as Arbus:
"Nicole Kidman is playing Diane Arbus in Fur, which director Steven Shainberg calls his "fairy tale for adults," a fictional take on three months in the provocative photographer's life. The Bewitched star's "subtlety and mysteriousness" (not, this time, her nose) channel Arbus, says Shainberg, who directed Secretary. Arbus was most famous for her photos of sideshow freaks.
It was one thing when she played Virginia Woolf with little make-up and a prosthetic nose, but it is another thing to try to play Arbus straight-up. It is a ballsy move on Kidman's part, but one that I, for one, can't see being very successful. I hope she proves me wrong.
Posted by Paul Hina at July 20, 2005 10:00 AM