Satine may not have been in a position to fall in love with anybody, however Nicole Kidman certain fell in love with this treasured memento.
The “Babygirl” star, 57, revealed throughout a Thursday look on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she purchased Bernie Taupin’s authentic handwritten lyrics to Elton John’s 1970 single “Your Song” after the host inquired if she had ever requested somebody for his or her autograph.
“Well, I’ve asked people to sign a copy of a book. Philip Roth and Elton John,” she responded to Stephen Colbert, 60.
“That was because we bought lyrics of ‘Your Song,’” Kidman added of the tune, written by John, 77, and Taupin, 74.
“Where do you keep those?” Colbert requested, to which she replied, “Shh,” as she pressed her finger to her lips.
The music has particular which means to Kidman, because it was featured in her 2001 musical film “Moulin Rouge!” and was carried out by Ewan McGregor and Alessandro Safina within the movie.
In 2019, Kidman and her husband, Keith City, carried out their very own rendition of “Your Song.”
In a clip posted to social media on the time, the musician, 57, performed the piano whereas the couple harmonized, and City sang, “It’s a little bit funny/This feeling inside/I’m not one of those who can/Easily hide.”
Because the guitarist belted out: “If I was a sculptor,” Kidman jokingly replied, “But you’re not,” earlier than persevering with their duet and ab-libbing alongside the way in which.
“A little backstage moment before heading to Monterey @KeithUrban,” Kidman captioned the submit.
“Moulin Rouge!” adopted a younger Englishman (McGregor) in 1899 Paris, who turns into infatuated with Satine (Kidman), a singer on the Moulin Rouge.
In 2017, the celebs sat down with Selection to reminisce on the romance movie.
“I just remember you having this exquisite voice and me going, ‘I’m never going to be able to hit these notes,’” Kidman admitted about taking part in a two-week singing and dance workshop earlier than the venture started filming.
“No, that’s not true,” McGregor quipped. “We were all in the same boat.”
Kidman disagreed, noting, “You were so much better than me.”
“All those workshops we did, we’d work on a scene and then a week later the work that we’d done on it as actors would have been incorporated in the writing. And that never happens. That’s very rare,” McGregor stated of the inventive course of.
Kidman agreed, sharing, “It’s just gorgeous. It’s such a great thing to share. I always say this: when you get to share something like that together, it’s yours forever. It’s something we all created together and it bonds you in a very particular way, doesn’t it?”
