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Nicole Kidman: ‘I want to work with Scorsese – if he does a film with women’

Kidman is not the first female actor to have criticised the director – whose potential next projects include biopics of Sinatra and Jesus – for his choice of subject matter

Kidman is echoing sentiments expressed by Meryl Streep in 2011, who said: “I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character once in a while, but I don’t know if I’ll live that long.” Photograph: Niko Tavernise/APHowever he broke through with a number of films featuring women in leading or significant roles, including Boxcar Bertha (1972) and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974). His 1993 Edith Wharton adaptation, The Age of Innocence, featured a number of significant parts for actors such as Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, while last year’s Killers of the Flower Moon won considerable acclaim for its female lead, Lily Gladstone.

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