Even superstars do as they are told — it just takes the right person to do the telling.
Nicole Kidman has revealed how she ended up singing the title track for her new murder thriller The Undoing.
And in the process she’s reminded us of her killer (sorry) vocal talents.
Posting a clip of herself singing Dream A Little Dream Of Me on Instagram, Kidman explained that as the new BINGE drama was close to being wrapped, director Susanne Bier called her and said: “I’ve had an idea — I want you to record the title sequence.”
“I was like, ‘Absolutely not’,” said Kidman, before adding, “Then she said ‘You have to’.”
“And I went ‘OK’.”
Modesty aside, it was a good call by Bier. Kidman really can sing, as she showed the world in Moulin Rouge back in 2001 — it’s just that many of us had forgotten that, two decades on.
Her Instagram feed lit up with glowing comments from fans and fellow stars, including The Undoing co-stars Matilda De Angelis and Noma Dumezweni. Check it out for yourself.
THE UNDOING EPISODE 2: THE VIEWER VERDICT
Apart from the singing, two weeks in, how is blockbuster Nicole Kidman-Hugh Grant vehicle The Undoing faring? Ratings are good, reviews are positive, but it’s what the ordinary Aussie viewer reckons that counts for the big-value BINGE offering.
With the layers of clue and counter-clue settling and shifting in Episode 2, members of The Binge Club (regular readers who just love bingeing) give their weekly verdict — do you agree?
EPISODE 1: Viewer verdict on Grant and Kidman
HE’S NOT EVEN MY HUSBAND!
Christie Graham
For the last week, much like Grace, I have held my breath anxiously waiting for Jonathan to resurface … and he’s not even my husband!
Behind their Pinterest-board of a home and somehow laid-back New York lifestyle, the allure of Grace’s life quickly evaporates. This series is shaping up to be one of those mysteries where each clue leads to a new theory — leaving us grasping at each development, insisting it matters.
I’m curious to learn why Grace is initially so convinced of Jonathan’s innocence (what secrets is she hiding?) and amazed at how little she knows about her own husband.
She doesn’t know his phone’s passcode or his flight numbers — she didn’t even know (SPOILER ALERT) he lost his job.
From the high-pitched Horcrux-like screech in Grace’s head to her incoherent mumbling and eerily, vivid flashbacks, I can’t help but theorise her own involvement.
But then again, the intrusive close-ups of the irritated veins in her eyes and the stalker-like camera angles, hurl us headfirst into her unfortunate situation.
Plus, I can’t be the only one picking up on Detective Mendoza’s suspicious vibes.
Two weeks down and no solid theories yet but bring on Episode 3!
EMOTION IS NOT A WEAKNESS
Blake Curran
Wow. Just … wow. The second episode really ramps things up, and I’m especially loving the characterisation of Grace in this show and think that Nicole Kidman is doing a phenomenal job of portraying the quiet, emotional, strong heroine (is it too early to call her that?).
In a scene where Grace confesses to her father that she’s having a hard time functioning, he replies coolly (callously?): “You have to, you have a son to look after.” But in more than one instance throughout the episode, it is actually Grace’s son Henry who looks after her; he’s the one who talks her down from emotional heights.
However, Grace isn’t weak — this show says that emotion is not a weakness or a disadvantage. Grace is strong and versatile, as is shown when she is interviewed by the police. Through tears, she calls the officers out on their less than ethical interviewing standards and demands they read her Miranda rights to her, or otherwise let her go. She walks, free (for now), to her father’s house as her world unravels around her.
But that ending?! I’m still not sure if we should believe Jonathan but I do appreciate him coming clean about his affair with Elena — and I definitely think Grace was right in calling the police. I can’t wait to see where the next episode takes us!
MANSPLAINING BY MISUNDERSTOOD HUGH
Meegan Harrison
So far … so good. Still intrigued. A young woman is killed, and Nicole is dragged into a whodunit, involving her missing doctor husband, Hugh Grant. After the murder is reported to Reardon school parents, Nicole, tries to reach her husband by phone, to relay the news, yet he is unreachable. Nicole plays the distraught housewife, looking for answers in her usual believable, competent manner. Her uptown NY privileged life, is thrown into chaos when the police and all the Reardon School parents, start to suspect her husband’s involvement in the death of the beautiful school parent, Elena Alves.
Nicole’s close friend, a lawyer, rescues her from the morning drop-off in the school playground, where filthy looks are everywhere and being directed at the baffled Nicole. Her lawyer tells Nicole that Jonathan Fraser, her missing husband, had engaged her to deal with a hospital problem, involving Ms Alves. Nicole, burdened with more unknown truths about her husband, and son, Henry, flees the city and the insinuations of friends and the school community, to stay at her father’s upstate retreat, when, sort of surprisingly, (not totally unexpectedly), Dr Hugh arrives, and desperately, retells (mansplains), his side of the story. Still waiting for Hugh to throw the deprecating one-liner, however, he plays the misunderstood doctor role quite convincingly.
Production value is high, although, I think I might get a little tired of the moody, urban landscape angles and mouth close-ups, if they continue. Overall, still involved, I’ll be watching next episode.
OVER TO YOU
Have you done The Undoing yet? Find it on BINGE. If you’re new, you get a two-week free trial so why not give it a go? Join us next week for Episode 3 as reviewed by the Binge Club — ordinary Aussies with their finger on the pulse … and the remote.
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