It’s the most talked-about movie scene from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In Paperboy, when Zac Efron’s character is stung by a jellyfish, Nicole Kidman‘s steps in to pee on him and ease the sting. Fair enough.
But in an interview in Cannes yesterday, Nicole Kidman admitted to doing her own stunts for the film. So does that mean she ACTUALLY peed on her co-star Zac Efron?
Yes. She. Did.
She told Deadline Hollywood, “Yes, I did the scene…That was what (director) Lee (Daniels) wanted. It was in the script. And it’s pretty out there. I mean I love Zac. He’s such a great guy and let me just say I am glad it was him. I feel safe with Zac and hopefully he feels safe with me. Oh my God I can’t believe it’s all over Twitter. Of course it would be all over Twitter.”
In an interview with GQ Magazine, director Lee Daniels said it was Nicole Kidman who convinced him to run the scene. “I got nervous at the end, after we shot it. So I called Nicole. First of all, it was really hard to shoot. It was the third day,” he said.
“The first scene we shot was the sex scene with John [Cusack and Kidman]. I like to get that right out of the way…The second day was the telepathic sex scene in the prison. And the third day of shooting was the piss scene.”
“She said, ‘Lee, you made me pee on Zac Efron, if you don’t put that in the movie, you’re out of your freakin’ mind’.”
“That was the one where I thought, ‘Oh… No…’ When you’re doing the script it makes sense, when you’re shooting it, it makes sense, but then you see the totality and you’re like, ‘Woah. Woah’.”
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Just in case anyone is thinking of trying it...
"Back in 1997 all the friends from that eponymous television show trekked to the beach, only to witness a jellyfish sting Monica. In this episode, Joey remembered seeing a documentary that advised urinating on the sting to ease the pain. Monica agreed to try the treatment and it worked. Unfortunately, in the real world treating a jellyfish sting by urinating on it may actually cause someone in Monica's situation even more pain, rather than relief. Urine can actually aggravate the jellyfish's stingers into releasing more venom. This cure is, indeed, fiction."
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So this post will turn into just another place to slag off Nicole Kidman???
Let's hope not. I haven't read the comments yet but it would be so boring to find the same sh*t insults and judgements that come up nearly every time Nicole Kidman's name is mentioned on an Australian forum.
Fingers crossed.
Edit: Phew. Just read the comments. Pretty mild.