Nicole Kidman’s experience of being an adoptive mother helped to prepare her for movie Lion.
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“I read the script and I said this is just such a attractive story”, Kidman told ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey about the touching drama.
With Oscar buzz swarming the film already, ET Canada caught up with the stars of “Lion” following the film’s world premiere at TIFF.
It’s based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, who was separated from his brother at a busy train station when he was five years old.
The Australian actress, who also has two biological daughters with husband Keith Urban, joined her co-stars at the movie’s world premiere in Toronto. But the nurturing quality of good love is extraordinary.
“I think film festivals are so important right now because it’s very hard for films to be discovered”, said Kidman, who has launched several films at the Toronto, Cannes and Venice gatherings.
“The power of somebody wanting to find home, I think, is just a wonderful, cinematic story”.
“For me, this is a film about the power of mothers, whichever form they come in, whether biological or adoptive”, she added to The Hollywood Reporter. “When you have good luck like that you really flourish”. However it comes your way, it comes.
At the premiere, Rooney praised the performance of Slumdog Millionaire actor Dev, who portrays Saroo in Lion.
The 26-year-old British actor first found fame at the festival many moons ago, and still has a soft spot in his heart for the industry event.
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Like “Slumdog” before it, the film begins in an impoverished Indian neighbourhood, but that’s where the similarities end, as far as Patel is concerned. “Now it’s just so many years later and things have changed”. It’s so enthralling for me to go back.
