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Nicole Kidman Was Told ‘You Won’t Have a Career. You’re Too Tall’; Says One Audition Had Actors Being Measured at the Door: ‘I Was Mortified’


Nicole Kidman remembers one audition where aspiring actors were being measured for their height at the door.

Nicole Kidman revealed on the “ Radio Times Podcast”(via Business Insider) that she was once told she would never have a career in Hollywood because of her height. Long before she became a star in the U.S. and an Oscar winner for “The Hours,” Kidman was an aspiring actor in Australia and said her height was often challenged during auditions as a teen. At one open audition for a role in “Annie,” Kidman remembered actors were being measured for their height at the door.

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