It’s the most talked-about movie scene from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In Paperboy, when Zac Efron’s character is stung by a jellyfish, Nicole Kidman‘s steps in to pee on him and ease the sting. Fair enough.
But in an interview in Cannes yesterday, Nicole Kidman admitted to doing her own stunts for the film. So does that mean she ACTUALLY peed on her co-star Zac Efron?
Yes. She. Did.
She told Deadline Hollywood, “Yes, I did the scene…That was what (director) Lee (Daniels) wanted. It was in the script. And it’s pretty out there. I mean I love Zac. He’s such a great guy and let me just say I am glad it was him. I feel safe with Zac and hopefully he feels safe with me. Oh my God I can’t believe it’s all over Twitter. Of course it would be all over Twitter.”

Nicole Kidman with Paperboy co-stars Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey
In an interview with GQ Magazine, director Lee Daniels said it was Nicole Kidman who convinced him to run the scene. “I got nervous at the end, after we shot it. So I called Nicole. First of all, it was really hard to shoot. It was the third day,” he said.
“The first scene we shot was the sex scene with John [Cusack and Kidman]. I like to get that right out of the way…The second day was the telepathic sex scene in the prison. And the third day of shooting was the piss scene.”
“She said, ‘Lee, you made me pee on Zac Efron, if you don’t put that in the movie, you’re out of your freakin’ mind’.”
“That was the one where I thought, ‘Oh… No…’ When you’re doing the script it makes sense, when you’re shooting it, it makes sense, but then you see the totality and you’re like, ‘Woah. Woah’.”






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Just in case anyone is thinking of trying it…
“Back in 1997 all the friends from that eponymous television show trekked to the beach, only to witness a jellyfish sting Monica. In this episode, Joey remembered seeing a documentary that advised urinating on the sting to ease the pain. Monica agreed to try the treatment and it worked. Unfortunately, in the real world treating a jellyfish sting by urinating on it may actually cause someone in Monica’s situation even more pain, rather than relief. Urine can actually aggravate the jellyfish’s stingers into releasing more venom. This cure is, indeed, fiction.”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-urinating
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So this post will turn into just another place to slag off Nicole Kidman???
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Let’s hope not. I haven’t read the comments yet but it would be so boring to find the same sh*t insults and judgements that come up nearly every time Nicole Kidman’s name is mentioned on an Australian forum.
Fingers crossed.
Edit: Phew. Just read the comments. Pretty mild.
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I meant toileting habits
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what a joke! Honestly guys, is this what she needs to do in order to gain more publicity and avoid becoming a has been?
And there are people on here going “oh go Nicole! Good for you!”
Please.
And if movies need a “pee scene” to also gain publicity then the industry is in trouble.
But then again there are many people who oddly would actually want to see Nicole Kidmans toiling habits on the big screen.
Normalizing what is abnormal
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I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire. But then again, yes I would.
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Don’t worry guys, Nicole was just taking the piss!
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
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LOL! Go Nicole!
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Oh now………it’s so easy to replicate something like this in film – but it’s good for publicity – particularly in Europe where bodily functions aren’t such a big deal (think SBS)…….I’m aware that Nicole Kidman is desperate to appear authentic in film roles, so we really should let her “go with it” – if we’re fans of hers of course. ‘Should be hilarious and I love John Cusack too. Nicole Kidman appears to be emotionally healthy so I guess I trust her choices………I’ve always used the word “piddle” too – cute…lol.
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Love her.
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Isn’t ‘pee’ an Americanism. Don’t we say ‘wee’ is Australia?
It looks as if Mamamia has lifted the story from an American source.
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We use both interchangeably in the office! Of course the story came from an American source, we’ve mentioned both of them in the article…
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‘Piss’ is probably the most Australian.
My kids watch the Disney Channel and I have noticed a lot of their language is American…diaper, pee, soda…It drives me crazy!!!
Now it’s popping up as Australian content.
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I’m Canadian & we say ‘pop,’ not soda. Just curious… What do Australian’s say?
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We say soft drink. (as opposed to hard liquor!)
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Or ‘fizzy drink’ when you’re little!
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Well we call it “cool drink”
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I get the feeling this “Nicole Kidman” post was actually just a sneaky way to get more photos of Keith in a slideshow….
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Nothing that hasn’t already been done on Survivor..in the third series Kathy Someone (who went on to star in All Stars) peed on a fellow contestant who had been stung by something or other. They should have got Jeff Probst to do a cameo..
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Thank you for reporting this.
Now I have 2 reasons not to see this movie.
3 if you take into account that it’s a Nicole Kidman movie.
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Reminds me of that episode of Friends lol
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Seriously? She actually peed on him? Surely they have some way to fake that..
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Maybe they’d reached their budget already?
Haha I cannot believe she actually did it either! How awkward would it have been? Both during and after!
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When she says she “peed” on him instead of a stunt double, I assume it means it was a stunt and stunt props were used. Eg) a fake bladder.
I SERIOUSLY doubt that she actually held on to urine until the director yelled “action” and let that urine go onto another human.
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