Of course, that doesn’t meanBig Little Liesis without any surprises.
Watch one episode and that becomes abundantly clear.
No, you likely haven’t colluded to cover up a major crime.
But in a general sense, youknowthese women.
I started to scream, and I’ve never screamed like this.
Like, howling,“Witherspoon said during theHollywood Reporterround table.
all the women came over and said, ‘Girl, I have so been there.’
And Nicole [Kidman] goes, ‘Jean-Marc, she’s ready to shoot right now, right now.
We need to get Jean-Marc.'”
As evidenced by Witherspoon’s major meltdown revelation, even difficult days on set didn’t actually suck.
In fact, when the women weren’t shooting, they unpacked their characters together over adult libations.
We learned more about each other at night over wine.
We didn’t rehearse; we’d just go to dinner!
“Witherspoon toldSouthern Livingmagazine.
That organic on-set chemistry and commitment to digging deeper clearly paid off.
“I think people see themselves [in the show],” Witherspoon continued.
“I think men discovered how women really feel about marriage and relationships and each other.
I mean, when was the last time you got to see women really talk about complex issues?”
But, unbeknownst to many, Kravitz andNicole Kidmanhad a very personal connection.
It’s all in the family!
I love Lenny; he’s a great guy.”
Wait,what?!
“I think she forgot that no one knew that,” Kravitz said, reportedly laughing.
The pain both physical and emotional is that convincing.
In the case of these extraordinary actors, it’s because they made some serious sacrifices for their art.
For Kidman in particular, that meant weathering the gnarly bruises of her character’s abuse.
He was devastated seeing it, but then he would say, ‘But I have an artist wife!’
He knows that’s how I work; I don’t even notice it half the time."
), consider this: Their mothers are BFFs, too.
Witherspoon did love the women, and vice versa.
And she said, ‘Yeah, but you’re a b**** toReese.'"
It’s no wonder Witherspoon’s mom struck up a fast friendship with Dern’s.
Did the Big Little Lies director plot this from the start?
“My original reaction was what have they done?
How have they left that out?”
Hmm, perhaps he left the door open for Bonnie’s backstory just in case?
It was [akin] to hyenas taking down a bigger predator.
It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
To get to work with those ladies was extraordinary."
She comes off as calm and, as co-star Zoe Kravitzdescribesit, at times “quiet and shy.”
“I just lay on the floor.
I couldn’t get up.
“I just felt completely humiliated and devastated.
I went home and I threw a rock through a glass door.”
Kidman regained her composure enough to call her co-star, Reese Witherspoon, and admit what had happened.
“Jean-Marc [Vallee, director] kind of thought that was an odd way to go.
I told him all of that and he was like, ‘Oh, all right yeah.
Let’s do the beard!”
Such kicked off Tupper and Witherspoon’s working relationship.
“And Reese was there preparing and said, ‘You’re playing Nathan?’
See you on set.’
And I walked out.”
All’s well that ends well though, right?
Clarified Tupper, “She was always pissed off at Nathan.
Can you picture Jane as someone other than Shailene Woodley?
Ready for a shocking revelation?
To preface, Moriarty doesn’t have anything againstShailene Woodley.
When kids are involved, it gets exponentially trickier.
And while Bonnie seems nice,the fact that she is so ingratiatingcan make the situation even more maddening.
No one knows this better than Zoe Kravitz, who brought Bonnie to life onscreen.
“It’s kind of annoying how nice she is,“the actor admitted toYahoo TV.
“But I have compassion for Madeline’s character in thinking that Bonnie’s annoying and probably fake.
And judging byCamp’s interview withVulture, the pint-sized talent boasts an equally charismatic appeal in the real world.
On the other hand, she does love a good jam sesh like herBig Little Liesalter ego.
“Like, I love ’80s and ’90s music, likeDavid BowieandJohnny Cashand all of those good singers.
I love all the music that she listens to.
I’m more of the artists I like are Hall & Oates andMichael Jackson,” she said.
The Big Little Lies cast personifies #squadgoals
Prepare to wish you werepart of theBig Little Liescast.
Or, to be more accurate, prepare to wish thatmore.
“Yesterday, we were texting with the other girls.
We FaceTimed with Shailene yesterday,” Dern said of Witherspoon and herself.
Actually,no onewas sure.
It wasn’t until post-production concluded that theBig Little Liesteam contemplated a follow-up.
In it, she fleshed out a plot for a second season.
Season 2 also introduced fans to Mary Louise, Perry’s mother, played by the incredibleMeryl Streep.
Thankfully forallof us, the award-winning actress agreed to take the role.
And she did so before even reading the script.
“He said, ‘Don’t you want to read it?’
I said, ‘No.’
It was the greatest thing on TV.
It really was, that first season.”
Actor Douglas Smith was brought on board to play Corey Brockfield, Jane’s coworker and love interest.
“It was kind of weird.
For such a big show, usually you have a really arduous audition process.”
It probably didn’t hurt that he knew both Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz prior to his audition.
“I think Shailene read the role and thought I was similar to the character,” he admitted.
“I think she told them that, but I’m not totally positive.”
Although Smith didn’t meet Nicole Kidman until being cast inBig Little Lies, he was alreadyquitethe fan.
“I actually had a poster of Nicole Kidman when I started getting into acting,” he revealed.
He kept that information to himself, however.
“I didn’t want to be weird,” he toldPeople.
Where’s the leaked Big Little Lies ice cream scene?
Nicole Kidman toldVanity Fairthat the women have their own group text.
AlthoughWitherspoon respondedto the photo telling fans, “I got her!”
the scene was mysteriously absent from Season 2.
Much to fans’ chagrin, the scene didn’t make the final cut.
“[Reese] just told me it’s not in the show!”
It will, however, be included in the DVD extras.
Is Season 2 all one big little lie?
In fall 2018, Vallee himself said he wastaking a break from directing.
Much of her work had apparently been cut away.
Arnold did not comment on the report, but fans have come to the director’s defense regardless.
Using#ReleaseTheArnoldCut, many have requested to see Arnold’s unadulterated season.
Hmm, is that where our ice cream scene is hiding?
