Adrienne Rose Bengtsson reprises her role as Maggie’s sister, Erin Bell, on CBS’s FBI season five episode 20. Directed by Tim Busfield from a script by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin, episode 20 – “Sisterhood” – will air on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.
Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
“Sisterhood” Plot: A drug dealer is shot in a federal park and the team sets out to look for his killer; Maggie’s sister returns to New York and complicates the case.
Adrienne Rose Bengston as Erin Bell and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 20
FBI Series Description,...
Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “Oa” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
“Sisterhood” Plot: A drug dealer is shot in a federal park and the team sets out to look for his killer; Maggie’s sister returns to New York and complicates the case.
Adrienne Rose Bengston as Erin Bell and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 5 episode 20
FBI Series Description,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Maggie (Missy Peregrym) is getting a family reunion she probably wishes she wasn’t in an upcoming episode of FBI. TV Insider has the exclusive details and photos for Adrienne Rose Bengtsson’s return as Maggie’s sister, Erin Bell (which John Boyd had told us was coming). She shows up in the April 25 episode, “Sisterhood,” and according to CBS, “the shooting of a drug dealer in a federal park sets the team out to look for his killer, while Maggie’s sister returns to New York and complicates the case.” Check out the images below. Bengtsson first appeared in Season 3 in the episode “Brother’s Keeper.” Erin had just started at Columbia (after not taking school seriously last time), and Maggie was worried when she smelled smoke on her hair. Erin insisted it was just from the people she was hanging out with. But when Erin didn’t answer her texts,...
- 4/17/2023
- TV Insider
Police Detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) lives in a state of mere existence. Since surviving a harrowing undercover operation nearly 20 years ago, Bell has struggled to deal with the trauma and is now a ridiculed, loose cannon cop and a failure of a parent. But when her nemesis from her undercover days resurfaces, Bell decides to get revenge and embarks on a journey that could see her lose what little she has left.
There’s no doubting the pedigree of director Karyn Kusama. With films such as Jennifer’s Body, Aeon Flux, The Invitation and a ton of television credits to her name, Kusama is part of the wave of female directors currently reinvigorating the film industry. Already a hit at film festivals, Destroyer is no doubt Kusama’s most artfully made movie to date. Sadly, it doesn’t quite deliver the goods.
Nicole Kidman, on the other hand, does.
There’s no doubting the pedigree of director Karyn Kusama. With films such as Jennifer’s Body, Aeon Flux, The Invitation and a ton of television credits to her name, Kusama is part of the wave of female directors currently reinvigorating the film industry. Already a hit at film festivals, Destroyer is no doubt Kusama’s most artfully made movie to date. Sadly, it doesn’t quite deliver the goods.
Nicole Kidman, on the other hand, does.
- 5/20/2019
- by L Steed
- The Cultural Post
As a cracked lip wraith, eyes hiding in the shadows of a face scorched by the La sun, Nicole Kidman’s Destroyer detective joins an illustrious precinct of cinema’s finest cops. In the tradition of her forebears, Kidman’s Erin Bell is burdened by the badge, inherently flawed, and capable of getting under your skin in an unshakeable fashion.
Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman is out to download now and own on DVD/Blu-ray from Monday, the 27th of May.
Let’s imagine we can take a tour through a cinematic police department, and tip our caps to the sometimes honourable men and women who’ve served the silver screen since The Keystone Cops whizzed around in early 1900s monochrome.
It’s important to note that passing through the holding cell reveals a couple of badge holders who you’d ordinarily find marked out for distinction on a list like this.
Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman is out to download now and own on DVD/Blu-ray from Monday, the 27th of May.
Let’s imagine we can take a tour through a cinematic police department, and tip our caps to the sometimes honourable men and women who’ve served the silver screen since The Keystone Cops whizzed around in early 1900s monochrome.
It’s important to note that passing through the holding cell reveals a couple of badge holders who you’d ordinarily find marked out for distinction on a list like this.
- 5/20/2019
- by Matt Rodgers
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nicole Kidman teams up with director Karyn Kusama (The Invitation) on the gritty revenge thriller Destroyer.
As a young cop, Erin Bell went under cover to infiltrate a gang in the California desert -- with tragic results. Bell continues to work as a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department, but feelings of anger and remorse leave her worn-down and consumed by guilt. When the leader of that gang suddenly re-emerges, Erin embarks on an obsessive quest to find his former associates, bring him to justice and make peace with her tortured past.
As a young cop, Erin Bell went under cover to infiltrate a gang in the California desert -- with tragic results. Bell continues to work as a detective for the Los Angeles Police Department, but feelings of anger and remorse leave her worn-down and consumed by guilt. When the leader of that gang suddenly re-emerges, Erin embarks on an obsessive quest to find his former associates, bring him to justice and make peace with her tortured past.
- 4/23/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Actress Nicole Kidman says she is astounded by the 'harsh way women are judged' in films. The 51-year-old actress plays Erin Bell -- a police detective who is drawn back into an old case that left her traumatised -- in Destroyer.?
In an interview to The Guardian, the actress says the action movie offers a gritty and raw and totally authentic look at her character who doesn't adhere to traditional beauty ideals, reports dailymail.co.uk.?
"A lot of times if you are going to be a female in an action film, they want you to look gorgeous, be bad-***, be capable of firing guns and doing high kicks and still having lipstick and being svelte and being in a whole different class of action hero," Kidman said.?
"I'm always astounded at the harsh way in which women are judged, and I shouldn't be," added the wife of Keith Urban...
In an interview to The Guardian, the actress says the action movie offers a gritty and raw and totally authentic look at her character who doesn't adhere to traditional beauty ideals, reports dailymail.co.uk.?
"A lot of times if you are going to be a female in an action film, they want you to look gorgeous, be bad-***, be capable of firing guns and doing high kicks and still having lipstick and being svelte and being in a whole different class of action hero," Kidman said.?
"I'm always astounded at the harsh way in which women are judged, and I shouldn't be," added the wife of Keith Urban...
- 3/30/2019
- GlamSham
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, Toby Huss, James Jordan, Beau Knapp, Jade Pettyjohn, Shamier Anderson, Zach Villa, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Colby French, Kelvin Han Yee | Written by Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi | Directed by Karyn Kusama
Destroyer is director Karyn Kusama’s first cinematic venture in four years after her well-received feature The Invitation finding success on the streaming service Netflix in 2015. Kusama, famed for Aeon Flux and Jennifer’s Body in 2005 and 2009 respectively, has been in box office stagnation with the films stated above performing to mixed to disastrous results. Even with the latter teenage sadistic comedy having more and more of a cultural re-evaluation of sorts in recent years, it still wasn’t enough for Kusama to reignite her career.
A seasoned stint in television and a patient waiting in the wings outlook for her next cinematic project has Kusama bring her...
Destroyer is director Karyn Kusama’s first cinematic venture in four years after her well-received feature The Invitation finding success on the streaming service Netflix in 2015. Kusama, famed for Aeon Flux and Jennifer’s Body in 2005 and 2009 respectively, has been in box office stagnation with the films stated above performing to mixed to disastrous results. Even with the latter teenage sadistic comedy having more and more of a cultural re-evaluation of sorts in recent years, it still wasn’t enough for Kusama to reignite her career.
A seasoned stint in television and a patient waiting in the wings outlook for her next cinematic project has Kusama bring her...
- 3/6/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Karyn Kusama’s tense cop thriller, powered by a terrific performance from Nicole Kidman, flips traditional gender roles to spectacular effect
Amid the hoopla of Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, it was depressing to be faced with yet another all-male list in the best director category. The Oscars have always been skewed towards men, although it’s been argued in the past that the awards merely reflected the gender bias of the film industry itself. Yet this year, potential contenders included such diverse film-makers as Chloé Zhao for The Rider, Marielle Heller for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here, Josie Rourke for Mary Queen of Scots, and Debra Granik for Leave No Trace – the last of which, my favourite film of 2018, received no Academy recognition whatsoever.
To that impressive list I’d add Karyn Kusama for Destroyer, another female-led feature which has flown entirely under the Oscars’ radar.
Amid the hoopla of Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, it was depressing to be faced with yet another all-male list in the best director category. The Oscars have always been skewed towards men, although it’s been argued in the past that the awards merely reflected the gender bias of the film industry itself. Yet this year, potential contenders included such diverse film-makers as Chloé Zhao for The Rider, Marielle Heller for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here, Josie Rourke for Mary Queen of Scots, and Debra Granik for Leave No Trace – the last of which, my favourite film of 2018, received no Academy recognition whatsoever.
To that impressive list I’d add Karyn Kusama for Destroyer, another female-led feature which has flown entirely under the Oscars’ radar.
- 1/27/2019
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
‘Destroyer’ Director Karyn Kusama on Showing a New Side of Los Angeles and Nicole Kidman [Interview]
Few directors today make genre movies as intimate Karyn Kusama. The director of The Invitation, Girl Fight, and Jennifer’s Body gets real up close and personal to her characters, especially the protagonist of her latest film, Destroyer. Detective Erin Bell — a bulldozer of a character played by Nicole Kidman — is not a character you can take your eyes away […]
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- 1/25/2019
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
It's 2019, and female rage is all the rage.
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
- 1/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's 2019, and female rage is all the rage.
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
- 1/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In a smart and utterly absorbing performance, Kidman transforms her appearance to play an La detective brutalised by her work undercover
Director Karyn Kusama kickstarted her career in 2000 with the fierce Girlfight; she gives us a sense-memory of that picture with this bruisingly excellent La crime thriller, written for the screen by Phil Kay with Matt Manfredi.
The La they imagine has a bleak, scorched, arid look in which the sunlight is always harsh, like that seen by a daytime drinker emerging from a bar, or that same drinker waking up in his car the next morning. Production designer Kay Lee and cinematographer Julie Kirkwood create the colours and textures of this hostile world, but its overall mood is down to its star, Nicole Kidman, cast against type as Erin Bell, an Lapd detective who has become prematurely haggard and brutalised by her experiences undercover 16 years before, as a cop...
Director Karyn Kusama kickstarted her career in 2000 with the fierce Girlfight; she gives us a sense-memory of that picture with this bruisingly excellent La crime thriller, written for the screen by Phil Kay with Matt Manfredi.
The La they imagine has a bleak, scorched, arid look in which the sunlight is always harsh, like that seen by a daytime drinker emerging from a bar, or that same drinker waking up in his car the next morning. Production designer Kay Lee and cinematographer Julie Kirkwood create the colours and textures of this hostile world, but its overall mood is down to its star, Nicole Kidman, cast against type as Erin Bell, an Lapd detective who has become prematurely haggard and brutalised by her experiences undercover 16 years before, as a cop...
- 1/23/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Nicole Kidman and Director Karyn Kusama are interviewed for their movie Destroyer which sees a police detective reconnecting with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
DaniElle DeLaite sits down with Nicole Kidman and Director Karyn Kusama in Los Angeles to talk about their new movie Destroyer. It’s an intense and engrossing modern film noir about greed, guilt, regret and revenge with Nicole Kidman unrecognisable as a worn out, bitter detective (Erin Bell)in this unique movie that thrives under the exceptional direction of Karyn Kusama.
They discuss the deeper meaning of the title, Destroyer, the incredible transformation of Nicole Kidman, the thin line between what is good and what is bad and Nicole’s character’s struggling, desperate relationship with her daughter amidst this dark, pessimistic atmosphere.
Destroyer stars Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Scoot McNairy, Shamier Anderson...
DaniElle DeLaite sits down with Nicole Kidman and Director Karyn Kusama in Los Angeles to talk about their new movie Destroyer. It’s an intense and engrossing modern film noir about greed, guilt, regret and revenge with Nicole Kidman unrecognisable as a worn out, bitter detective (Erin Bell)in this unique movie that thrives under the exceptional direction of Karyn Kusama.
They discuss the deeper meaning of the title, Destroyer, the incredible transformation of Nicole Kidman, the thin line between what is good and what is bad and Nicole’s character’s struggling, desperate relationship with her daughter amidst this dark, pessimistic atmosphere.
Destroyer stars Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Scoot McNairy, Shamier Anderson...
- 1/23/2019
- by DaniElle DeLaite
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Nicole Kidman stars as Erin Bell in Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer, an Annapurna Pictures release. Photo credit: Sabrina Lantos / Annapurna. Courtesy of Annapurna Pictures
This is not how we are used to seeing Nicole Kidman. Kidman plays snarling, violent, even grizzled Los Angeles police detective bent on vengeance, in the gritty crime thriller Destroyer.
Kidman also plays a younger, more innocent rookie cop version of the character, Erin Bell, in flashback. As the younger version, Kidman looks like herself, as we are used to seeing her, but as the older, hardened cop, she is nearly unrecognizable.
That Kidman’s character is damaged goods, and was once a far different person, as made clear by the reaction of her police co-workers when she appears unexpectedly at the crime scene that opens the film. A body with bullet holes is found in a little-visited area near the Los Angeles river, sparking a murder investigation,...
This is not how we are used to seeing Nicole Kidman. Kidman plays snarling, violent, even grizzled Los Angeles police detective bent on vengeance, in the gritty crime thriller Destroyer.
Kidman also plays a younger, more innocent rookie cop version of the character, Erin Bell, in flashback. As the younger version, Kidman looks like herself, as we are used to seeing her, but as the older, hardened cop, she is nearly unrecognizable.
That Kidman’s character is damaged goods, and was once a far different person, as made clear by the reaction of her police co-workers when she appears unexpectedly at the crime scene that opens the film. A body with bullet holes is found in a little-visited area near the Los Angeles river, sparking a murder investigation,...
- 1/18/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nicole Kidman puts her money where her mouth is. Always in demand, this fearless actress goes where many fear to tread. She has made it clear that when she picks her projects, half must be directed by women. Beyond that, she urges her directors to hire as many women as possible on the crew. Thus, she committed to starring in Karyn Kusama’s “Destroyer,” even with a meager budget of less than $9 million.
“Scripts aren’t getting better,” Kidman said. “They’re scant. I still have to find them. You don’t change the statistics by just saying it. ‘Karyn — let’s go. You get to go again!’ She’s had hits and failures. It’s easier to get behind the 25-year-olds. The female Dp, she’s gotten some work. You’ve got to allow women sometimes to come out of the gate. They have to build up experience and...
“Scripts aren’t getting better,” Kidman said. “They’re scant. I still have to find them. You don’t change the statistics by just saying it. ‘Karyn — let’s go. You get to go again!’ She’s had hits and failures. It’s easier to get behind the 25-year-olds. The female Dp, she’s gotten some work. You’ve got to allow women sometimes to come out of the gate. They have to build up experience and...
- 1/14/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Nicole Kidman puts her money where her mouth is. Always in demand, this fearless actress goes where many fear to tread. She has made it clear that when she picks her projects, half must be directed by women. Beyond that, she urges her directors to hire as many women as possible on the crew. Thus, she committed to starring in Karyn Kusama’s “Destroyer,” even with a meager budget of less than $9 million.
“Scripts aren’t getting better,” Kidman said. “They’re scant. I still have to find them. You don’t change the statistics by just saying it. ‘Karyn — let’s go. You get to go again!’ She’s had hits and failures. It’s easier to get behind the 25-year-olds. The female Dp, she’s gotten some work. You’ve got to allow women sometimes to come out of gate. They have to build up experience and learn...
“Scripts aren’t getting better,” Kidman said. “They’re scant. I still have to find them. You don’t change the statistics by just saying it. ‘Karyn — let’s go. You get to go again!’ She’s had hits and failures. It’s easier to get behind the 25-year-olds. The female Dp, she’s gotten some work. You’ve got to allow women sometimes to come out of gate. They have to build up experience and learn...
- 1/14/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Chicago – If you are in a particular frame of mind you can kinda see why someone thought “Destroyer” would be a good idea. It’s got an Academy Award winner, doing a physical transformation, and has a hard-boiled detective story. All of these elements in the right hands could have added up to awards show adulation.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
It’s an exercise in style over substance, where paradoxically the absence of glamor is the defining trait. But ugly does not automatically mean gritty especially if you don’t have anything interesting to say. And it’s only reason to exist is to allow Nicole Kidman to go to the glamorous-star-gets-ugly school of awards show acting. Kidman here stars as psychologically damaged detective Erin Bell, on the trail of a bank robbing gang with whom she had some history. She went deep undercover and is still trying to piece together her shattered life from that experience.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
It’s an exercise in style over substance, where paradoxically the absence of glamor is the defining trait. But ugly does not automatically mean gritty especially if you don’t have anything interesting to say. And it’s only reason to exist is to allow Nicole Kidman to go to the glamorous-star-gets-ugly school of awards show acting. Kidman here stars as psychologically damaged detective Erin Bell, on the trail of a bank robbing gang with whom she had some history. She went deep undercover and is still trying to piece together her shattered life from that experience.
- 1/11/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In director Karyn Kusama’s “destroyer,” Nicole Kidman plays Erin Bell, a detective and tortured soul who has spent nearly 20 years punishing herself for her role in an undercover operation gone wrong.
Kidman delivers an intense, gripping performance, and a team of artisans were key in creating the highly distressed look that helped the Oscar-winning beauty convincingly inhabit a down-at-the-heels character who ages — from her mid-20s into her late 40s — in the film.
Makeup designer Bill Corso explains that he set out to make Kidman “look like a real woman who’s had a hard life. She’s a detective. She has let herself go. She smokes. She drinks.” All her bad choices had to show on her face, so Corso turned to photos of aging rock stars for inspiration.
The makeup designer gave Kidman bags under red-rimmed eyes, and he aged the skin on her face — as well...
Kidman delivers an intense, gripping performance, and a team of artisans were key in creating the highly distressed look that helped the Oscar-winning beauty convincingly inhabit a down-at-the-heels character who ages — from her mid-20s into her late 40s — in the film.
Makeup designer Bill Corso explains that he set out to make Kidman “look like a real woman who’s had a hard life. She’s a detective. She has let herself go. She smokes. She drinks.” All her bad choices had to show on her face, so Corso turned to photos of aging rock stars for inspiration.
The makeup designer gave Kidman bags under red-rimmed eyes, and he aged the skin on her face — as well...
- 1/4/2019
- by Christine Champagne
- Variety Film + TV
A singular detective story and genre-defying showcase for star Nicole Kidman, Destroyer weaves its tangled web with confidence. With its immaculate structure and an array of finely drawn characters, the film pursues a fresh, uniquely shadowed corner of a familiar screen world, reflecting with great clarity the values and interests of its inventors.
Along with his wife, director Karyn Kusama, and longtime writing partner Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay has always pursued stories that “take the biggest swings.” Certainly, Destroyer does that in spades. A presentation of “a very specific type of female rage,” the film is a descent into desert hell, a territory both physical and psychological. It follows Kidman’s Erin Bell, a world-wearied police detective out for revenge and inner peace, who reexamines the moment in her life when everything went awry. Brutal, physical and gutsy, the film sees interior and exterior worlds converge, placing its focus on criminal and constabulary,...
Along with his wife, director Karyn Kusama, and longtime writing partner Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay has always pursued stories that “take the biggest swings.” Certainly, Destroyer does that in spades. A presentation of “a very specific type of female rage,” the film is a descent into desert hell, a territory both physical and psychological. It follows Kidman’s Erin Bell, a world-wearied police detective out for revenge and inner peace, who reexamines the moment in her life when everything went awry. Brutal, physical and gutsy, the film sees interior and exterior worlds converge, placing its focus on criminal and constabulary,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman has two more acclaimed roles this year to add to her incredible resume: Erin Bell in “Destroyer” and Nancy Eamons in “Boy Erased.” Both roles have earned her more award nominations, including a Golden Globe nom for “Destroyer” and a Critics’ Choice bid for “Boy Erased.” Should she earn double Oscar nominations, she would join a list of only 10 other actors to receive acting nominations for two different films in the same year.
Kidman recently sat down with Gold Derby managing editor Chris Beachum to talk the complexities in both “Destroyer” and “Boy Erased,” what it would mean to earn two more Oscar nominations, and “Big Little Lies” Season 2. Watch the exclusive web chat above and read the complete interview transcript below.
SEEOscars: 10 performers who got lead and supporting nominations in the same year
Gold Derby: Nicole we just saw “Destroyer” this weekend. I told them when we...
Kidman recently sat down with Gold Derby managing editor Chris Beachum to talk the complexities in both “Destroyer” and “Boy Erased,” what it would mean to earn two more Oscar nominations, and “Big Little Lies” Season 2. Watch the exclusive web chat above and read the complete interview transcript below.
SEEOscars: 10 performers who got lead and supporting nominations in the same year
Gold Derby: Nicole we just saw “Destroyer” this weekend. I told them when we...
- 12/29/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Nicole Kidman is already a four-time Academy Award nominee and one-time winner, prevailing for her leading performance in “The Hours” (2002). This year, she could receive two nominations, as she’s eligible in Best Supporting Actress for “Boy Erased” and in Best Actress for “Destroyer.” But which performance is more likely to get her into the Oscar lineup — or could she even end up in both?
In “Boy Erased,” directed by Joel Edgerton, she plays Nancy Eamons, who is based on the real Martha Conley. Thinking it’s the right and most loving thing to do, Nancy agrees to her husband’s (Russell Crowe) decision to send their son Jared (Lucas Hedges) to the “Love In Action” gay conversion therapy assessment program.
For her performance in the movie, Kidman has earned a Critics’ Choice Award nomination in the supporting actress category. What could help her snatch an Oscar bid is that...
In “Boy Erased,” directed by Joel Edgerton, she plays Nancy Eamons, who is based on the real Martha Conley. Thinking it’s the right and most loving thing to do, Nancy agrees to her husband’s (Russell Crowe) decision to send their son Jared (Lucas Hedges) to the “Love In Action” gay conversion therapy assessment program.
For her performance in the movie, Kidman has earned a Critics’ Choice Award nomination in the supporting actress category. What could help her snatch an Oscar bid is that...
- 12/28/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
The premise of a guilt-ridden cop boozing his way through life until he can settle one last debt and go out in a blaze of glory doesn’t scream “original.” And Karyn Kusama’s version of this American tale, “Destroyer,” written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, doesn’t stray too far from the tired tropes, except for the fact that the “he” is now a “she,” played by Nicole Kidman donning distractingly layered makeup and a wig that’s just trying too damned hard.
But despite the film’s needlessly fractured structure and a relentlessly grim story, Kidman and Kusama seem to be speaking the same language, in quieter moments illuminating not just the faults of the protagonist but also the faults of every tragic hard-boiled detective in cinematic history.
Detective Erin Bell (Kidman) can’t catch a break. She’s an authority figure lacking authority, a barely-living joke to colleagues and perps alike.
But despite the film’s needlessly fractured structure and a relentlessly grim story, Kidman and Kusama seem to be speaking the same language, in quieter moments illuminating not just the faults of the protagonist but also the faults of every tragic hard-boiled detective in cinematic history.
Detective Erin Bell (Kidman) can’t catch a break. She’s an authority figure lacking authority, a barely-living joke to colleagues and perps alike.
- 12/28/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
It takes a lot of inner confidence to pull off what Karyn Kusama and Nicole Kidman have done with “Destroyer.” Here is the noir antihero that our current cinema has been longing for. The genre is traditionally an exclusive realm for steely male icons like Clint Eastwood or even Jamie Foxx in “Django Unchained” — but here’s a shatterproof hardcore woman hellbent on making things right once and for all.
When the film begins, Kidman’s Erin Bell is a wrecked woman, someone so repulsive to look at you have to turn away the moment she starts walking toward you. Part of that is the distinctive look the actress has adopted for the role: makeup and wig that makes her look like she’s slept in the desert in a sleeping bag, chewed on charcoal, and not taken a shower for two weeks. Or maybe she’s someone unable to kick a hardcore heroin addiction.
When the film begins, Kidman’s Erin Bell is a wrecked woman, someone so repulsive to look at you have to turn away the moment she starts walking toward you. Part of that is the distinctive look the actress has adopted for the role: makeup and wig that makes her look like she’s slept in the desert in a sleeping bag, chewed on charcoal, and not taken a shower for two weeks. Or maybe she’s someone unable to kick a hardcore heroin addiction.
- 12/28/2018
- by Sasha Stone
- The Wrap
There has been heaps of critical praise thrown at Nicole Kidman and director Karyn Kusama for their work in Destroyer, but the film also boasts a stellar ensemble that helps anchor the narrative.
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) is Petra, a hard living woman who goes toe to toe with detective Erin Bell (Kidman). Petra and Erin [...]
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Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) is Petra, a hard living woman who goes toe to toe with detective Erin Bell (Kidman). Petra and Erin [...]
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- 12/27/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Dec 27, 2018
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Holmes and Watson, Elder Scrolls, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Here are 15 facts about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"In the middle of one especially eventful Supreme Court session more than five years ago—June 24, 2013, to be exact—Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened her mouth and began to speak. In two separate dissents, Rbg excoriated the outcomes of three cases: Fisher v. University of Texas and two employment discrimination decisions, Vance v. Ball State and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar. But she wasn’t done yet."
Read more at Mental Floss.
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. addressed the fate of his McU character Jason Ionello.
"Actor Jorge Lendeborg Jr. plays the charmingly nerdy Memo in Bumblebee, but you might just recognize him for his role in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Unfortunately, for any fans of his McU character, Jason Ionello, we have sad news to share.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Holmes and Watson, Elder Scrolls, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
Here are 15 facts about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"In the middle of one especially eventful Supreme Court session more than five years ago—June 24, 2013, to be exact—Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened her mouth and began to speak. In two separate dissents, Rbg excoriated the outcomes of three cases: Fisher v. University of Texas and two employment discrimination decisions, Vance v. Ball State and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar. But she wasn’t done yet."
Read more at Mental Floss.
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. addressed the fate of his McU character Jason Ionello.
"Actor Jorge Lendeborg Jr. plays the charmingly nerdy Memo in Bumblebee, but you might just recognize him for his role in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Unfortunately, for any fans of his McU character, Jason Ionello, we have sad news to share.
- 12/27/2018
- Den of Geek
In the golden renaissance of television, the prevailing wisdom is that HBO’s The Sopranos and AMC’s Breaking Bad put the crime noir genre out of business on the big screen. But with Destroyer, director Karyn Kusama and screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi prove that there are still a few 180-degree tales left. What sets this noir apart from such classics as Chinatown and L.A. Confidential is that it’s from the viewpoint of a complex, battered undercover female cop on the hunt, embodied by Nicole Kidman in one of her most chameleonic turns since her Oscar-winning portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Annapurna Pictures opened the 30West/Automatik production yesterday at three theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Kidman is nominated for a Golden Globe in the best actress drama category.
How long did Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi work on the script?
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How long did Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi work on the script?
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- 12/27/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In the new feature Destroyer, Nicole Kidman gives one of her best performances to date. She is quietly captivating as Erin Bell - a police detective battling more than a few demons. It is an intense work with a very dark and disturbed path. This is the kind of rare story that you see in Hollywood where the leading character can be flawed and perhaps even hatable at at times. And yes, that is a very good thing. It is not surprising that the person behind this twisted flick would be Karyn Kusama (Girlfight,…...
- 12/25/2018
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
A gritty crime story set in Los Angeles, Destroyer finds Nicole Kidman in an unexpected role as Erin Bell, a cop at the end of her rope. Directed by Karyn Kusama, the movie was shot by Julie Kirkwood. During a whirlwind visit to Camerimage, Kirkwood took time out to discuss with Filmmaker how to shoot action and violence, how to cram 38 locations into 33 shooting days, and how to make a glamorous Oscar-winner look as dissolute as possible. Filmmaker: Why did you decide to […]...
- 12/25/2018
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A gritty crime story set in Los Angeles, Destroyer finds Nicole Kidman in an unexpected role as Erin Bell, a cop at the end of her rope. Directed by Karyn Kusama, the movie was shot by Julie Kirkwood. During a whirlwind visit to Camerimage, Kirkwood took time out to discuss with Filmmaker how to shoot action and violence, how to cram 38 locations into 33 shooting days, and how to make a glamorous Oscar-winner look as dissolute as possible. Filmmaker: Why did you decide to […]...
- 12/25/2018
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Join our newsletter to get more stories like this Nicole Kidman is a striking sight in her new movie Destroyer, and it’s not just her look glaring directly into the camera. She plays Det. Erin Bell grizzled from decades of undercover work on the streets of L.A. Kidman delivers a powerhouse performance, but is it okay if we say we’re not surprised? Of course she can play Det. Erin Bell. She’s Nicole Kidman! Destroyer director Karyn Kusama certainly hopes that fans of Nicole Kidman, even if they mean well, do not harp on her physical appearance in the film. There […]
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- 12/25/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Monsters and Critics
Merry Christmas! As a little gift under your stocking today, I have three reviews of would be Academy Award players to share with you. The films in question are the Nicole Kidman vehicle Destroyer, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of the Sex, and the fellow biopic Stan & Ollie. They still might end up Oscar nominated before all is said and done, but their battles are all a bit uphill, as of today. These movies offer up the end of the 2018 release year, so they’re literally wrapping things up. There will be more reviews in January, but they’ll be for early year releases, just keep that in mind (spoiler alert: January releases tend to be rough). Anyway, onward… Here we go: — Destroyer Anything that Nicole Kidman and Karyn Kusama join forces on immediately demands your attention. When it was announced that they were doing a gritty cop drama,...
- 12/25/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Nicole Kidman strips away every trace of star glamour to play Erin Bell, an Lapd detective and boozy burnout trying to close the books on the cold case that ruined her life 17 years ago. The star and director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body) take no shortcuts to the dark night of this woman’s soul. Eyes red-rimmed and skin fried by the sun, this cop looks beaten. It’s easy to see why.
We first meet Erin in the present as she staggers out of her car and into a crime scene.
We first meet Erin in the present as she staggers out of her car and into a crime scene.
- 12/24/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Ever since she made her feature-length directorial debut almost two decades ago with Girlfight, Karyn Kusama has given cinema some of its most memorable female characters. From Michelle Rodríguez’s fierce Diana in Girlfight to Megan Fox’s devilish Jennifer in Jennifer’s Body, Kusama showcases women from all walks of life, and in all kinds of genres, leaving a mark that the movies usually reserve for men. And yet, watching her latest film Destroyer–in which she tells the story of damaged Lapd detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman)–it becomes quite clear that Kusama wasn’t just giving us memorable female characters. She was creating some of the best characters, period.
As played by Kidman, Bell is a haunted creature, a specter almost, who roams the streets of Los Angeles trying to avenge her former partner, bring a crimelord to justice, and atone for her current sins. Kusama guides...
As played by Kidman, Bell is a haunted creature, a specter almost, who roams the streets of Los Angeles trying to avenge her former partner, bring a crimelord to justice, and atone for her current sins. Kusama guides...
- 12/24/2018
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
In Destroyer, Nicole Kidman delivers one of her finest performances to date as Lapd Detective Erin Bell, a woman who continues to be haunted by her partner’s (Sebastian Stan) death during an undercover investigation. When the leader (Toby Kebbell) resurfaces in Los Angeles, Bell risks life and limb to take him down. Kidman, who was [...]
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- 12/23/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Don Kaye Dec 22, 2018
Director Karyn Kusama and co-star Sebastian Stan shine a light on their brooding new crime thriller, Destroyer.
Yes, you’ve probably seen Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, the Queen of Atlantis, in Aquaman once already this weekend and you may even be on your way to a second visit. But after watching her fight majestically for her life and that of her son in her relatively brief screen time in that film, you should consider seeing the other movie that Kidman stars in and absolutely owns: Destroyer.
Directed by Karyn Kusama, Destroyer is the story of Erin Bell, a burned-out Lapd cop who is tormented by her efforts to reconnect with her estranged daughter and haunted by an undercover FBI sting that went disastrously and tragically wrong some years ago. When an enemy from the past (Toby Kebbell) resurfaces, Erin embarks on a dangerous quest to take him...
Director Karyn Kusama and co-star Sebastian Stan shine a light on their brooding new crime thriller, Destroyer.
Yes, you’ve probably seen Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, the Queen of Atlantis, in Aquaman once already this weekend and you may even be on your way to a second visit. But after watching her fight majestically for her life and that of her son in her relatively brief screen time in that film, you should consider seeing the other movie that Kidman stars in and absolutely owns: Destroyer.
Directed by Karyn Kusama, Destroyer is the story of Erin Bell, a burned-out Lapd cop who is tormented by her efforts to reconnect with her estranged daughter and haunted by an undercover FBI sting that went disastrously and tragically wrong some years ago. When an enemy from the past (Toby Kebbell) resurfaces, Erin embarks on a dangerous quest to take him...
- 12/23/2018
- Den of Geek
Destroyer Trailer 2 The second and final United States movie trailer for Destroyer (2018) has debuted from Annapurna Pictures. The U.S. movie trailer for Destroyer can be found here and the international trailer can be found here. Destroyer‘s plot synopsis: “Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of Lapd detective Erin Bell who, as a [...]
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Continue reading: Destroyer (2018) Movie Trailer 2: Lapd Detective Nicole Kidman Fights the Demons of Her Past...
- 12/20/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I know what it's like to grow up bad – jealous, hungry, scared... I didn't want that for you..." Annapurna Pictures has debuted a second & final trailer for Karyn Kusama's thriller Destroyer, which first premiered at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals earlier this fall. Set in Los Angeles, the film follows an alcoholic detective who reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to try and move on from what still haunts her. Nicole Kidman stars as Detective Erin Bell, and the full cast includes Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, and Scoot McNairy. This film has been getting some very mixed reviews - lots of praise along with lots of negativity. If you're intrigued based on this footage, go see it for yourself and tell us what you think. It's a slick trailer. Here's the second official Us trailer...
- 12/19/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nicole Kidman in ‘Destroyer’
Director Karyn Kusama’s genre-bending film noir Destroyer, which stars Nicole Kidman as a haggard, damaged, undercover Lapd detective, will be released by Madman Entertainment.
The relapsed memory/non-linear tale is among a raft of high-profile titles which the distributor has acquired for 2019.
Annapurna Pictures will launch Destroyer, which co-stars Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn and Scoot McNairy, in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day, expanding in January.
“It’s a great piece of filmmaking with a remarkable performance by Nicole,” says Madman’s Paul Wiegard, who will launch the thriller on March 21, preceded by screenings at the St George Open Air Cinema in Sydney starting on January 28.
Kidman plays Erin Bell, who as a young cop worked undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. Twenty later, when the leader of the gang re-emerges, she...
Director Karyn Kusama’s genre-bending film noir Destroyer, which stars Nicole Kidman as a haggard, damaged, undercover Lapd detective, will be released by Madman Entertainment.
The relapsed memory/non-linear tale is among a raft of high-profile titles which the distributor has acquired for 2019.
Annapurna Pictures will launch Destroyer, which co-stars Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn and Scoot McNairy, in New York and Los Angeles on Christmas Day, expanding in January.
“It’s a great piece of filmmaking with a remarkable performance by Nicole,” says Madman’s Paul Wiegard, who will launch the thriller on March 21, preceded by screenings at the St George Open Air Cinema in Sydney starting on January 28.
Kidman plays Erin Bell, who as a young cop worked undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. Twenty later, when the leader of the gang re-emerges, she...
- 12/18/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The last time “Destroyer” production designer Kay Lee worked with line producer Nate Kelly, she had to make Atlanta double for Cape Cod in “Hot Summer Nights” (2017). So when Kelly talked to her about joining “Destroyer,” he knew exactly how to sell her. “[He] said, ‘I’m working on this great project with a director who I feel like you’re really going to gel with, and it’s L.A. for L.A., so don’t worry about it! It won’t be so hard,” Lee said at Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts: Production Designers panel, moderated by this author (watch the exclusive video above).
Los Angeles is arguably the second lead in the gritty drama, which follows Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman), a detective who must confront her past demons when an old gang boss, Silas (Toby Kebbell), reemerges. The film was shot entirely on location — 70 locations total — throughout Los Angeles,...
Los Angeles is arguably the second lead in the gritty drama, which follows Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman), a detective who must confront her past demons when an old gang boss, Silas (Toby Kebbell), reemerges. The film was shot entirely on location — 70 locations total — throughout Los Angeles,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Screenwriter Phil Hay reveals that the idea for “Destroyer” really started to take shape when the character of Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman), a hard-bitten police detective, came into focus. Prior to that he and co-writer Matt Manfredi had some ideas “about a certain type of crime story. But when we discovered who Erin was, and specifically what her relationship was with her daughter, that’s what kind of lit the whole thing up for us.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Hay and Manfredi above.
Directed by Karyn Kusama, this Annapurna release centers on a cop who spent years undercover in a drug ring until a tragedy upended her life. Her past decisions have destroyed her present, especially when it comes to her relationship with her rebellious teenage child (Jade Pettyjohn). But when the violent gang leader Silas (Toby Kebbell) returns after years in hiding she must confront her demons once and for all.
Directed by Karyn Kusama, this Annapurna release centers on a cop who spent years undercover in a drug ring until a tragedy upended her life. Her past decisions have destroyed her present, especially when it comes to her relationship with her rebellious teenage child (Jade Pettyjohn). But when the violent gang leader Silas (Toby Kebbell) returns after years in hiding she must confront her demons once and for all.
- 12/7/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Today Nicole Kidman received her 14th Golden Globe nomination, and rightfully so, for her portrayal of a haggard, undercover Lapd detective who won’t let the past settle until she’s has had justice.
At a time when you might think that such movies as Chinatown, L.A. Confidential and Training Day have put the La crime noir film out of business, director Karyn Kusama turns the genre upside down, not so much with a relapsed memory-non-linear tale, but with a portrayal by Kidman in which she completely disappears onscreen (much in the same way as she did as Virginia Woolf in The Hours) into Erin Bell, a age-spot ridden, dry-skinned, skinny cop who has seen far too much. It’s a noir protagonist up there with such greats as J.J. Gittes and even Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle.
When Kidman first read the script, “I cried because of its mother-daughter relationship,...
At a time when you might think that such movies as Chinatown, L.A. Confidential and Training Day have put the La crime noir film out of business, director Karyn Kusama turns the genre upside down, not so much with a relapsed memory-non-linear tale, but with a portrayal by Kidman in which she completely disappears onscreen (much in the same way as she did as Virginia Woolf in The Hours) into Erin Bell, a age-spot ridden, dry-skinned, skinny cop who has seen far too much. It’s a noir protagonist up there with such greats as J.J. Gittes and even Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle.
When Kidman first read the script, “I cried because of its mother-daughter relationship,...
- 12/6/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman stars in awards contender “Destroyer,” but her favorite film this awards season — apart from her own, of course — is Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.”
“I loved ‘BlacKkKlansman’ — I’m so happy for them,” Kidman told TheWrap following her Golden Globes nomination for her role in Karyn Kusama’s thriller. “I’ve known Spike for so many years.”
Kidman had just landed in Los Angeles when she heard about her Golden Globes nomination. “I just got off the plane from Australia and I was walking through the airport and I got all of these texts and I was just so happy that ‘Destroyer’ got acknowledged because Erin Bell is such an unusual female role to be acknowledged for,” Kidman said. “I think it helps other films like this to be made.”
See Video: 'Destroyer' Trailer: Nicole Kidman Undergoes Dramatic Transformation as Undercover Cop
The actress was nominated in...
“I loved ‘BlacKkKlansman’ — I’m so happy for them,” Kidman told TheWrap following her Golden Globes nomination for her role in Karyn Kusama’s thriller. “I’ve known Spike for so many years.”
Kidman had just landed in Los Angeles when she heard about her Golden Globes nomination. “I just got off the plane from Australia and I was walking through the airport and I got all of these texts and I was just so happy that ‘Destroyer’ got acknowledged because Erin Bell is such an unusual female role to be acknowledged for,” Kidman said. “I think it helps other films like this to be made.”
See Video: 'Destroyer' Trailer: Nicole Kidman Undergoes Dramatic Transformation as Undercover Cop
The actress was nominated in...
- 12/6/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Destroyer International Trailer Annapurna Pictures has released the international movie trailer for Destroyer (2018). The U.S. movie trailer for Destroyer can be found here. Destroyer‘s plot synopsis: “Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of Lapd detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with [...]
Continue reading: Destroyer (2018) International Movie Trailer: Nicole Kidman is a Lapd Detective on The Edge...
Continue reading: Destroyer (2018) International Movie Trailer: Nicole Kidman is a Lapd Detective on The Edge...
- 12/1/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Take a look at leaked set images, plus footage of Nicole Kidman ("Eyes Wide Shut") as a skanky undercover cop, from Annapurna Pictures' upcoming crime thriller "Destroyer", directed by Karyn Kusama ("Aeon Flux") co-starring Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black"), Sebastian Stan ("Captain America: Civil War") and Scoot McNairy ("Halt and Catch Fire"), opening December 25, 2018:
"...'Lapd Detective Erin Bell', as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang...
"...in the California desert with tragic results.
"When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later...
"...Erin must work her way back through the remaining members...
"...and into her own history with them...
"...to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Destroyer"...
"...'Lapd Detective Erin Bell', as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang...
"...in the California desert with tragic results.
"When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later...
"...Erin must work her way back through the remaining members...
"...and into her own history with them...
"...to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Destroyer"...
- 11/25/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The reviews for Karyn Kusama’s hardboiled crime drama “Destroyer” make it clear moviegoers have never seen this rough and wounded side of Nicole Kidman before on the big screen, and yet it’s never not shocking to see the Oscar winner’s transformation. In the exclusive first clip from the film below, Kidman is a broken down wreck desperate to keep her relationship with her daughter, which is the only thing left keeping her from spinning off her axis.
“Destroyer” stars Kidman as Erin Bell, a Los Angeles detective who gets forcibly thrown back into her past when an old case remerges. When Bell was younger, she was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert on an investigation that ended tragically. Years later, Bell discovers the same gang leader has returned, forcing her to reopen the case that changed her life. Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Bradley Whitford,...
“Destroyer” stars Kidman as Erin Bell, a Los Angeles detective who gets forcibly thrown back into her past when an old case remerges. When Bell was younger, she was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert on an investigation that ended tragically. Years later, Bell discovers the same gang leader has returned, forcing her to reopen the case that changed her life. Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Bradley Whitford,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman has been labeled many things over the years. Statuesque beauty. Screen siren. Old-fashioned movie star. But these terms reveal a fragment of her rich reality, and obscure what makes her such an extraordinary, peculiar and genuine artist. Having had the opportunity to work with Nicole, I can say that if we all contain multitudes, she truly personifies the idea.
On the set of “Destroyer,” she was almost always in a state of deep concentration, even as she sat in her chair between takes. Her countenance seemed to thrum with the restless, obsessive energy of her protagonist, and to this day I marvel at how frequently I was in vivid communication not with Nicole Kidman but with a cagey and charismatic woman named Erin Bell. She was not particularly chatty, nor was she ever distracted by a cell phone. She was respectful and appreciative of the crew and cast...
On the set of “Destroyer,” she was almost always in a state of deep concentration, even as she sat in her chair between takes. Her countenance seemed to thrum with the restless, obsessive energy of her protagonist, and to this day I marvel at how frequently I was in vivid communication not with Nicole Kidman but with a cagey and charismatic woman named Erin Bell. She was not particularly chatty, nor was she ever distracted by a cell phone. She was respectful and appreciative of the crew and cast...
- 11/20/2018
- by Karyn Kusama
- Variety Film + TV
Nicole Kidman could join an elite group of actors who have received lead and supporting Oscar bids in the same year thanks to her leading role in “Destroyer” and supporting turn in “Boy Erased.” “As an actor, I’m grateful to have such great roles,” she says, especially considering “it gets harder as you get older. It just does. So the idea of having two really rich female characters, both of them mothers, and being able to put them out in the world like this” is “a blessing.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Nicole Kidman movies: 14 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Moulin Rouge,’ ‘The Hours’
“Destroyer” casts Kidman as Erin Bell, a hard-bitten police detective who spent years undercover in a drug ring. Years later she must confront her demons when the violent gang leader returns. “I’d never been asked to do anything like it,...
See Nicole Kidman movies: 14 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Boy Erased,’ ‘Moulin Rouge,’ ‘The Hours’
“Destroyer” casts Kidman as Erin Bell, a hard-bitten police detective who spent years undercover in a drug ring. Years later she must confront her demons when the violent gang leader returns. “I’d never been asked to do anything like it,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Chris Beachum and Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Academy Award winner and four-time nominee Nicole Kidman is back in the conversation this year for not one but two movies. She’ll be contending in Best Supporting Actress for “Boy Erased” and in Best Actress for “Destroyer.”
Of course, she is no stranger to the academy and took home for her first and only Oscar statuette for her leading role in “The Hours” (2002). Her other nominations were for “Moulin Rouge!”, “Rabbit Hole” and “Lion”. Kidman destroyed the competition with a transformative performance in “The Hours,” but can she do it again with “Destroyer”?
Directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, “Destroyer” focuses on Kidman’s character, Erin Bell, an Lapd detective who goes undercover with Chris (Sebastian Stan) to take down bank robber Silas (Toby Kebbell) and his gang — but something terrible happens. Years later, Erin is still trying to fight the demons of...
Of course, she is no stranger to the academy and took home for her first and only Oscar statuette for her leading role in “The Hours” (2002). Her other nominations were for “Moulin Rouge!”, “Rabbit Hole” and “Lion”. Kidman destroyed the competition with a transformative performance in “The Hours,” but can she do it again with “Destroyer”?
Directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, “Destroyer” focuses on Kidman’s character, Erin Bell, an Lapd detective who goes undercover with Chris (Sebastian Stan) to take down bank robber Silas (Toby Kebbell) and his gang — but something terrible happens. Years later, Erin is still trying to fight the demons of...
- 11/5/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Any fan of Nicole Kidman would have recognized the willowy, red-headed Australian actress as soon as she appeared on stage this weekend for the Annapurna presentation at Deadline’s The Contenders award-season event in Los Angeles. That wasn’t the case a few minutes later, however, when the DGA Theater’s screen showed scenes from Destroyer with a visage of Kidman that was startlingly unfamiliar.
In Destroyer Kidman portrays Erin Bell, who as a young police officer infiltrated a fearsome desert gang. That assignment led to wrenching tragedy. When the leader of that gang later eventually returns Bell goes back to finish the job — or to be finished by demons and choices that still haunt her.
Kidman’s face, bearing and eyes all reflect that history in Destroyer, which was directed by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) and the cast also includes Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell,Tatiana Maslany and Bradley Whitford. On Saturday,...
In Destroyer Kidman portrays Erin Bell, who as a young police officer infiltrated a fearsome desert gang. That assignment led to wrenching tragedy. When the leader of that gang later eventually returns Bell goes back to finish the job — or to be finished by demons and choices that still haunt her.
Kidman’s face, bearing and eyes all reflect that history in Destroyer, which was directed by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) and the cast also includes Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell,Tatiana Maslany and Bradley Whitford. On Saturday,...
- 11/4/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Sliff 2018 Kicks Off Thursday November 1st at 6:30pm with a reception followed by a screening of Nicole Kidman in Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer. Ms Kusama will be in attendance. Tickets for this special event are $25 and can be purchased Here This year’s St. Louis International Film Festival’s opening night feature is Destroyer, directed by native St. Louisan Karyn Kusama, who receives Sliff’s Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award. Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of Lapd detective Erin Bell. As a young cop, Erin was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When Silas (Toby Kebbell), the darkly charismatic leader of the gang, re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past. The film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, and Sebastian Stan. The film screens at 8 Pm,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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