Kidman and Cruise, in particular, caused a great stir when their marriage ended.

It took me a very long time to heal.

It was a shock to my system," she added, “That was a great relationship.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise smiling

I think it ran its course.

But as we all know, it all worked out in the end.

and he got out of the car and walked through, and I was like ‘Ah!’

Nicole Kidman hugging Tom Cruise from behind

and my jaw dropped.”

But she was called and offered the role on the very same day.

The actors wed in a private ceremony on Christmas Eve that same year.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise posing at premiere

Unsurprisingly, the couple’s chemistry sizzled in the erotic mystery.

In 1995, the couple admitted toVanity Fairthat their initial attraction was sexual.

Kidman gushed, “I thought he was the sexiest man I’d ever seen in my life.”

It grew into love and respect."

We’d rent out a place and go racing at 3 in the morning."

Sadly, the couple’s divorce was finalized in 2001 after 11 years of marriage.