Nicole Kidman Gave Kristen Stewart A Cute Gift During Panic Room Rehearsal
Nicole Kidman gave 10-year-old Kristen Stewart a cute gift during rehearsals for Panic Room. Directed by David Fincher, 2002's Panic Room marked one of the first major roles of Stewart's career. Only ten years old at the time of filming, the thriller follows a mother and daughter's struggle to survive a break-in by three intruders in their New York home. Since appearing in the film, Stewart has gone on to star in a number of high-profile films, the most recent of which being Spencer, a biopic chronicling the life of the late Princess Diana.
Although Jodie Foster was praised for her starring role in Panic Room, the part was initially given to another actor. Nicole Kidman was originally slated to play protagonist Meg Altman and even attended rehearsals for the film with Stewart, but, after aggravating an existing injury, she was forced to drop out. Foster was quickly brought on to replace Kidman, however, and the film was completed. Made on a $48 million budget, Panic Room would go on to earn over $197 million at the box office.
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In a new «Actors on Actors» segment for Variety, Kidman and Stewart reflected on their brief time rehearsing for Panic Room together. According to Stewart, the experience was a positive one and she recalls feeling like the two were "buds." Stewart even remembers the cute gift Kidman got her for Christmas – a set of walkie-talkies. Check out Stewart's full comment below:
«We spent a couple weeks rehearsing. I have a vivid memory of it, because the way you treat kids is so telling. I felt like I was buds with you. It was two or three weeks, but I was always like, “She’s one of my friends.” You gave me walkie-talkies
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