Expats Review: Nicole Kidman and Ji-young Yoo Are The Real Stars Of Lulu Wang's Engaging Drama
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Expats Review: Nicole Kidman and Ji-young Yoo Are The Real Stars Of Lulu Wang's Engaging Drama

News 18  

Expats Series Review: Alienation, despair, grief, guilt, and wistfulness — these are the ingredients of Lulu Wang’s savoury Expats. Despite ‘thriller’ being the crux of the main story, Expats vows to deconstruct a lot of social issues around it through a profound feminine lens. Whether it’s feminism, mental illness, the politics of Hong Kong, or the two different sides of China, it’s all enmeshed within the premise of Expats. The non-linear style of storytelling might discombobulate you but the gravity around ‘Gus’ will keep you by the hooks and eager to find out the reason behind the mess in their upscale expatriate life.

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Despite its studio backing and budget, ‘Expats’ let Nicole Kidman and Lulu Wang go indie
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite its studio backing and budget, ‘Expats’ let Nicole Kidman and Lulu Wang go indie

LA Times  

Back when “Expats” showrunner and director Lulu Wang was an indie filmmaker promoting “The Farewell,” the 2019 hit that she wrote and directed, her agent reached out to her. “I just felt like I was daydreaming out loud — not really pitching,” director Lulu Wang says of telling Nicole Kidman all the things she would need before taking on “Expats.” …

In ‘Expats,’ directed by Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman is happy to share the limelight
10 months, 4 weeks ago

In ‘Expats,’ directed by Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman is happy to share the limelight

Associated Press  

Nicole Kidman captivated TV viewers in 2020 in “The Undoing,” as a woman whose husband was accused of murder. And let’s not forget she won an Oscar for playing 20th century writer Virginia Woolf, who battled mental illness, in the 2002 movie “The Hours.” In her new series “Expats,” premiering Friday on Amazon Prime Video, Kidman once again emotionally jumps …

From Expats To Big Little Lies, Nicole Kidman Is A Stellar Performer Who Shines In Unconventional Roles
10 months, 4 weeks ago

From Expats To Big Little Lies, Nicole Kidman Is A Stellar Performer Who Shines In Unconventional Roles

News 18  

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, with her stunning looks and remarkable acting chops, often gets cast as the quintessential Hollywood beauty. For her hard-hitting performance in this avantgarde drama, Kidman was recognized with the Russian Guild of Film Critics Golden Aries Award for Best Foreign Actress. In fact, Kidman was also nominated under the category of Best Actress in a Motion …

In ‘Expats,’ Lulu Wang centers not only the lives of women but a changing Hong Kong
10 months, 4 weeks ago

In ‘Expats,’ Lulu Wang centers not only the lives of women but a changing Hong Kong

LA Times  

I still remember ugly crying after watching Lulu Wang’s breakthrough feature, “The Farewell,” with my dad, an immigrant. Since 2020, Wang has labored on “Expats,” which delves into the lives of three American women living abroad in Hong Kong and examines how their lives intersect within the city’s international community. Lulu Wang adapted Janice Y. K. Lee’s “The Expatriates,” a …

Lulu Wang on representation in Nicole Kidman’s Expats: ‘Some might be disappointed’
11 months ago

Lulu Wang on representation in Nicole Kidman’s Expats: ‘Some might be disappointed’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Firstly, I’m not from Hong Kong and I don’t …

Expats FIRST LOOK: Nicole Kidman looks unrecognisable with short blonde wig in upcoming drama series set in Hong Kong
1 year, 2 months ago

Expats FIRST LOOK: Nicole Kidman looks unrecognisable with short blonde wig in upcoming drama series set in Hong Kong

Daily Mail  

Nicole Kidman is set to star in Amazon Prime's new six-part series Expats, based on the popular novel The Expatriates by American author Janice Y. K. Lee. Photos of Nicole in the upcoming show have been released, showing the actress wearing a short blonde wig in the series about women bonding in the aftermath of a tragedy. Nicole Kidman is …

‘Expats’: First-look images of Nicole Kidman, Lulu Wang’s limited series out
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Expats’: First-look images of Nicole Kidman, Lulu Wang’s limited series out

The Hindu  

The first-look images of Expats, Lulu Wang’s much-anticipated series adaptation of Janice Y. K. Lee’s bestselling novel ‘The Expatriates,’ were released by Amazon Studios today. Headlined by Nicole Kidman, the six-part limited series is set to arrive on Prime Video in 2024 after premiering its penultimate episode this week at the Toronto International Film Festival Wang is the writer, director, …

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