Nicole Kidman
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In fact, when she was first offered the part of Mrs. Coulter in The Golden Compass, she wasn't convinced.
"I actually just didn't want to work," Kidman, 40, said Tuesday at a London press conference to promote the new film (based on the beloved children's book by Philip Pullman). "I was just in a place in my life where I was in Tennessee and I was just feeling a little lazy and wanting to hang out."
So what changed her mind? A flattering note from director Chris Weitz and one from Pullman himself. "With those two letters, I was seduced," said Kidman.
The prolific actress (currently filming the epic Australia) also referred to her love of the easy life when asked which daemon – the animal companions to human characters in Compass – she would most like to be.
"It changes," she explained. "Yesterday it was a kitten, because I love milk and I like to be petted and taken care of and to sleep a lot." But today, under the spotlight at the press conference, the actress said her daemon would be "a tiger."
