Highlights
- Actor Aaron Eckhart, who plays Nicole Kidman's husband in Rabbit Hole, says that they did not share an easy equation on the movie set and "irritated" each other.
- Eckhart blames their irritability to the disturbing subject of the movie, about grieving parents of a dead child.
Actor Aaron Eckhart, who playsNicole Kidman's husband in
Rabbit Hole, says that they didnot share an easy equation on the movie set and "irritated"each other.
Eckhart blames their irritability to the disturbingsubject of the movie, about grieving parents of a dead child.
The film is being named as one of the Oscar contendersnext year but Eckhart says he had a difficult time grapplingwith the story. The actor says he prepared for the role bytaking part in a group counselling session with real lifevictims of family tragedies, Contactmusic reported.
The
Dark Knight star admits the sad story made lifeon set "uncomfortable" and he fell out with Kidman as theyworked on their parts.
"She was irritated with me and I was irritated withher but that's the way movie-making is. For one day, are wenot allowed (to fall out)? For half a day even?... It's sosurprising to me when people are surprised that movie-makingis sometimes tense and uncomfortable because inherently it'sgoing to be.
"You're around tens of people or hundreds of peopleworking on things that are imaginary and that come from thesoul. You could be dealing with subject matter likeprostitution, death, drugs, blah, blah, blah. How could youexpect that not to be uncomfortable?," said the actor.