Hollywood loves a dramatic moment – but this one wasn’t scripted.
Nicole Kidman pushed herself to the limit while filming a wrestling scene for Margo has money problems – and ended up in the hospital afterwards.
Twist? She had the flu all the time.
Co-star Nick Offerman set the scene: “We’re there in the morning … some of us are going to do some actual wrestling.” Then came the bad news – “Nicole has the flu and we may not get Nicole today.”
Spoiler: she showed up anyway.
“And we’re like, ‘Oh no…'” Offerman recalled. But in walked Kidman – pale, shaking and absolutely not back. “She was so sick,” he said. Still, she handled it like a pro.
“She showed up and made sure we got every shot of her, total superhero style.”
Yes, superhero… with a fever.
After the physically intense shoot, Kidman was rushed to the hospital for IV treatment – a not-so-glamorous wrap-up to a very busy day at work.
Her thinking? Simple. “When I got in the ring I just said ‘OK, let’s go’.”
That attitude pretty much sums up why she’s still on top.
With co-stars like Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning, the show is already stacked – but Kidman’s grit might just be its most talked about performance.
