Meryl Streep recalls golden times in fitting tribute to Nicole Kidman on stage

Nicole Kidman received the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday night in front of a host of Hollywood A-listers, including her friends and colleagues, as a tribute to her long Hollywood career.

Throughout the ceremony, Reese Witherspoon, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts, Zoe Saldana, Aaron Sorkin, Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Joey King, Mike Myers and husband Keith Urban performed on the Dolby Theater stage to honor Kidman. Meryl Streep presented him with the trophy at the end of the ceremony.

After a clip was shown, Streep quipped, “Did anyone notice that [costume designer] Ann Roth gave her my nose in The Hours? You’re welcome” – took time out to reflect on working with Kidman on season two of Big Little Lies.

“For me, the hardest part of constantly being called the greatest actress of my generation,” Streep teased, dramatically throwing her hands over her head as the crowd cheered.

“What’s the hardest part? Oh! The hardest part is when you’re faced with another person, or you’re acting with someone who is really, really, really, really, really, really great. This is difficult.”

“It’s like the guy you work with all day and you go home – ‘That was a great day, great day,’ and you go home and you say, ‘How did he do that?'” Star teased, pretending to do so. pour a drink.

“‘I could do that.’ ‘No, I don’t think I can do that.’ ‘Yes you can!’ ‘No, no, you can’t do that,’ she said, sipping her drink.

looking back big little lies, Streep recalled, “This was the time when I really came within breathing distance of the tremendous gifts that Nicole had, and her process and her seismic bank of emotions locked her inside and His stamina and his desire to be an artist and his discipline.”

He recalled the day Kidman decided to record an extremely emotional screaming sequence over and over on the first day.

Streep said, “I’ve never recovered from that first day, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” “For me, it was painful because I thought this woman was Valkyrie. How does she keep it up? Never give up, never despair.”

Upon accepting the award, Kidman said, “Meryl Streep, I just love you, I’ve always loved you; I don’t know what it is, but you are the epitome of excellence and warmth and generosity, but you have been my mentor, so to have that from you, you have no idea. My husband will attest, my parents will attest, it’s always you, and no one can touch you.”