[THEME MUSIC]
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
[LAUGHS]
So you opted to wear that?
Yeah, I thought the tube top didn't look so good.
No?
And it's a little chilly in here.
It is chilly in here.
It's colder today just because it's cold outside.
But it's normally not quite this cold.
Right.
I apologize.
Would you like a blanket or a muffler or something?
[LAUGHS] I think I'll warm up.
Yeah?
All right, good.
I was telling you in the hallway I just saw Birth last night.
I hadn't seen it before.
You are remarkable in that you're great in everything
that you do.
I just am constantly amazed by--
[CHEERING]
Really.
Like, the first time I saw you, and I'm
sure it's not your first movie, but Dead Calm?
Oh, yeah, no, that was pretty much my-- yeah.
What a great movie that was.
Yeah, I remember when I got the role.
And I just couldn't believe it.
It was one of those things where you just go,
this is like a gift from heaven.
Because I was 18, I think.
And I was asked to play older than I was, opposite Sam Neill.
Yeah.
And Billy Zane was great in it.
Yeah, and we got to live on a boat for three
and a half months making that.
And did you get seasick or anything?
Was that an easy thing for you?
Well, I learnt to sail, so I don't get any kind of motion
sickness for some reason.
I can withstand-- I've been up in those planes.
And I've done the g-force thing.
Have you ever done that?
No, I haven't.
Oh.
No.
[LAUGHTER]
Why would you want to do that, just to test it out?
Yeah.
Just to see what--
Oh, I love doing dangerous things.
I mean, I'm a mother now, so I have to be more careful.
Movie studios are hearing you right now, saying--
I do, I actually get banned from doing it
when I'm making a film.
I'm not allowed to skydive, which I love to do.
Uh-huh.
I'm not allowed to dive with sharks, which I love to do.
[LAUGHS] My kids have banned me from doing it, too.
That's amazing.
I never would think of you as a thrill seeker like that,
that you would do stuff like-- and swimming with sharks,
like in a cage, or--
I have not done that one yet.
I really want to do that with the great whites, where you
go down, and they just start--
They asked me to go to the Galapagos Islands
and swim with the sharks there, which I'm considering.
Yeah.
I have to get permission from a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old.
So now, I always forget because in Birth, you
don't have the accent either.
I really forget that you're Australian because it's
so easy for you to drop it.
But then it goes right back to being--
It adjusts.
Uh-huh.
Whatever country I'm in.
No, because I play so many different characters,
I do, you learn very early on that as an Australian actress,
you're going to have to do accents.
Yeah, so when you're younger, because you have to--
that part of your brain, it develops early.
So if you don't do that early on, it's hard for you to grasp.
I don't know, I don't think I did it when I was younger.
Really?
No.
Because I can't do it to save my life.
I have the worst--
if I tried to copy you--
Well, the Australian accent's the hardest accent to do,
that and South African.
(SOUTH AFRICAN ACCENT) Yes, I don't
know how you can do it at all.
All right--
[LAUGHTER]
I know, it's horrible.
Don't try that anymore.
No, I know.
[LAUGHTER]
I'm just trying to prove a point.
But can you do an English accent?
(ENGLISH ACCENT) I can't do anything at all.
If I would try to, it would go different places
in full course.
Not so good.
I know it.
And part of that, I was trying to go into Irish.
[LAUGHTER]
That's where I started.
I was trying to go with Irish, and it didn't--
OK, and here's you and Naomi Watts
here, but a whole bunch of--
what is it, a gaggle of you?
What's it called when there's a bunch of Australians?
[LAUGHTER]
A pride of Australians?
No, maybe a gaggle.
A gaggle--
That kind of is appropriate.
Yeah, we've known each other--
I mean, I've known Russell Crowe since I was about 17,
and Naomi as well--
Naomi since I was 15.
But how do you all know each other?
Just because it's a big country, it's like-- what-- how--
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, it's sort of odd.
I have to say that we--
but we've remained friends through this whole period.
I'm going back to Australia to do a film with Russell
next month.
Next month?
Yeah.
And what's the film?
It's called Eucalyptus, which is the name
of the Australian trees, eucalyptus.
I mean, it sounds terribly boring.
We have them here, too.
They're not your trees, we have them.
Yes, I know.
They are our trees!
Yeah.
We brought them to you.
You did?
Yeah, I was actually born, though--
I say we.
I was born in Hawaii, so I'm kind of a mix of--
Oh, how long did you live in Hawaii?
I lived in Hawaii a year, and then
Washington, DC, for two years.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, so I have dual citizenship.
Oh, you do?
Mhm.
I see.
Mhm.
Is this brand-new, the Chanel No.
5 ads?
How long has this been going on, the campaign?
[STIFLED LAUGH] Put that down.
Why?
[LAUGHS] Embarrassing.
Yeah.
I did it with Baz Luhrmann, who did Moulin Rouge!
And he directed--
[CHEERING]
That's great.
But that's the print ad.
They did a TV commercial of it, which I would normally
never do a TV commercial.
But he wanted to direct it.
Uh-huh.
That's a pretty cool director, Baz Luhrmann.
Yeah.
They're talking to me about Chanel No.
6 right now, and I'm not sure if I'm going to do it.
I might, and I might not, I don't know.
You could get the Coco campaign.
Yeah, I'll do cocoa, or I'll do hot chocolate, I don't care.
[LAUGHTER]
I don't care.
All right, we have to go to commercial.
When we come back, we're going to talk about the movie
because it's beautiful-- the set design, the colors, everything
about it.
And that little boy is--
Oh, he's wonderful.
Amazing.
We'll be right back.
[CHEERING]
So I have not seen you.
Well, I ran into you at a restaurant.
But I haven't really congratulated you
because the last time you were here,
it was before award season.
And you've won just about every award
that there was to win for Big Little Lies,
so congratulations.
[CHEERING]
Yeah.
Yeah, that was an amazing, amazing journey with that show.
And it ain't over.
No, look, we can't wait.
I think I've told my husband the entire plotline.
But you're allowed to do that.
Yeah.
Except he doesn't know the Aquaman storyline.
Yes.
'Cause they're on even bigger lockdown.
Those comic book films--
Your kids must be freaking out that you're in that.
Yes, that's the only thing that gives me
any credibility with them.
[LAUGHTER]
That's the only thing?
Yeah, in terms of my career.
Right, because they can't watch Big Little Lies.
They don't know how great you are in that
because they're too young.
Yes, but they were in as extras in Big Little Lies.
Oh, really?
Yes, which I've never told anyone--
In this season?
--here I am now, being a bigmouth.
Yeah.
in this season--
Coming up.
Coming up?
Ask me about my cats.
OK, I will.
But by the way, I still have the art that they made for me.
Yes.
Yeah, it's in my dressing room.
I still have that.
It was really sweet.
And they love you.
And they want to be on the show.
Well, then they should be here.
No, they're not allowed.
Why not?
Because.
All right, let's talk about the cats
because you joined Instagram finally.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Took me a while.
Why did you decide to start?
Because it's a lovely contact with people.
Yes.
It's actually very direct, and it's
nice to show a little bit of your life.
And I just think it's a nice way to connect.
And there's some funny, funny things on there.
You're showing your cats.
You have two cats.
I'm that person that shows my animals.
What are their names?
Ginger and Snow.
OK, I'm going to guess the white one's Snow.
[LAUGHTER]
Wrong.
No--
[LAUGHTER]
That would be amazing.
All right, so Ginger and Snow.
Sisters, they're sisters.
They're from the same litter.
Anyway, is this of any--
No.
Wow.
Aw.
I can't believe you're not showing the belly, though,
the one with her belly.
There's one with the belly?
--her belly, which is the highest form
of trust of an animal, right?
Yes.
Aw.
Wow.
Come on.
That's a great picture, yes.
Is this cat gorgeous or what?
Yeah.
[LAUGHS]
So is that all you post, is your cats?
No, it looks like--
no.
Well, it seems like it.
[LAUGHTER]
You love animals, so you're supportive.
I don't even post that many cats.
That's more than I post.
All right, we're going to take a break--
I post fashion.
Oh, yeah?
I post Keith every now and then.
Yes.
And I post the tarantula.
Yes, the tarantula.
We're going to take a break.
I'm going to show the tarantula.
Your mouth, your big, big mouth is--
I know.
[APPLAUSE]
We're back with Nicole "Bigmouth" Kidman as--
[LAUGHTER]
So let's show this tarantula.
So was this Australia or here?
Was this LA?
This was LA.
OK, so there's a tarantula in your backyard.
[GROANS]
It was just by itself?
Yes.
My kids saw it and screamed.
And I went out.
And Keith was gigging, so I'm like,
OK, I have to show that we're strong.
You went and caught it?
Yeah.
It was so strong, that spider.
Really?
Yes, it was so strong.
You couldn't believe the power, that when I first put the glass
over it, it tipped it over.
And then I put it over again, and then caught it.
But we did release it.
Good.
Did you release it at Reese's house?
Huh?
[LAUGHTER]
No, she sent me a thing going, what?
You're crazy.
We walked, we hiked down, the girls and I,
and we released it out into just the brush.
Good.
Well, we actually kind of threw the jar and ran.
[LAUGHTER]
That's what you mean by release it.
Yeah, because I was scared that it was going to be angry.
Yeah, well.
And it might chase us.
It probably would be more angry if you throw it
than if you just released it.
We kind of gently threw it.
And then the kids were like, what about the jar?
And I said, forget the jar.
Don't worry.
[LAUGHTER]
Well, at least you're teaching them that they can release it.
Yeah.
Do you know what Throwback Thursday is, by any chance?
Yes.
A lot of people post throwback pictures, yes.
So you hadn't posted this yet, but we posted it for you.
Oh.
Oh, no.
When is this from?
Ah!
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERING]
I was 14.
14?
And they dyed my hair red.
They did dye my hair red.
Everyone thinks that that was my color.
But they actually dyed it red because I got to do this ad.
And they wanted me to have red, curly hair.
And did you get a perm?
No.
Anyway, can we get that off now?
Yes.
Gosh.
We can.
I'll explain.
Let's go over here.
So Lucas and Troy, you're over here.
Which one?
Where are we?
Y'all are here.
And you're facing this way.
You and I are trying to get these.
They're trying to get--
So we're-- OK.
Yeah.
OK.
I think I'm good.
10 people to put my pants on.
Every morning, people put my pants on.
[LAUGHTER]
No, you put your leg.
OK.
The things I do for you, Ellen.
We ready?
Are you kidding?
No, no.
Go.
Oh, god.
[CHEERING]
Let's go!
[CIRCUS MUSIC]
Ellen!
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERING]
How?
You are so strong!
8.
OK, we got this.
Try!
Throw me a ball.
4, 3, 2, 1.
[CHIMES]
[APPLAUSE]
How did that happen?
I literally can't stand up.
[LAUGHTER]
I've got my balls.
You know what I--
Yeah.
All right, I think we won.
Sure.
I think so, too.
I'm pretty sure.
Who counted?
I don't think you got any.
[LAUGHTER]
How many balls do you have in your--
Three.
All right.
How many did you get?
A lot.
You're so strong.
Can I just say she's crazy competitive and crazy strong?
That's right.