Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep ‘Massive Little Lies’ Reunion

Calling all Massive Little Lies followers!

Nicole Kidman reunited along with her costars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep because the actors supported her for her large night time as an honoree on the forty ninth AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26.

The trio had been pictured catching up on the occasion — the place Kidman, 56, acquired the Life Achievement Award through the ceremony — as they gathered to rejoice the actress, 5 years after showing collectively within the hit HBO drama Massive Little Lies.

Witherspoon, 48, additionally gave a speech in tribute to her former costar and good friend Kidman on the gala as fellow friends Zac Efron, Naomi Watts and Kidman’s husband Keith City additionally joined in giving speeches honoring the actress.

The reunion comes lower than a yr after Kidman informed Vogue Australia in January that her teen daughter, 15-year-old Sunday Rose, not too long ago watched Massive Little Lies and was prepared for her to make a 3rd season.

“She has an excellent understanding of issues, and life, so she was hand-held by way of it,” Kidman stated, noting there have been nonetheless scenes the place she instructed the teenager to look away.

“And she or he was like, ‘No. There’s no extra dialogue. The third sequence has to occur… I’m sick of the discuss. Sick of circling it. Simply get it accomplished.’” she laughed. “You want an adolescent to go, ‘Sufficient. Simply do it.’”

In November 2023, Kidman teased the chance that a 3rd season of the restricted sequence is on the horizon whereas participating in an undisclosed fan occasion, as seen in a video shared on Instagram by DeuxMoi.

“I liked Massive Little Lies as a result of it type of got here alongside at a time in my life once I had my youngsters, and I used to be pondering I used to be going to retire, after which this example got here alongside, the place Reese Witherspoon and I had been in a position to produce that present,” Kidman stated. “After which all of you watched it and made it an enormous success.”

“And we can be bringing you a 3rd one, simply FYI,” the star then added.

Massive Little Lies premiered in 2017 and was primarily based on Liane Moriarty’s guide of the identical identify. It starred Kidman, in addition to Witherspoon, 48, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz within the lead roles.

The sequence adopted the lives of a bunch of rich mother and father in Monterey, California, as they handled a homicide that affected their neighborhood. A second season adopted in 2019, with Streep, 74, becoming a member of the forged as Kidman’s on-screen mother-in-law.

The present additionally starred Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Kathryn Newton, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling, amongst others.

Although each seasons of Massive Little Lies had been praised by followers and critics alike, one of many sequence’ stars stated {that a} third season was not within the playing cards after the dying of season one director Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of a coronary heart assault at age 58 in December 2021.

Throughout a GQ video interview. Kravitz, 35, stated, “We talked about doing a season 3 lots. Sadly, Jean-Marc Vallée, our unimaginable director, handed away this final yr. It is heartbreaking.”

She continued, “I cannot think about occurring with out him. He actually was the visionary for that present. Sadly, it is accomplished.”

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Again in 2019, HBO president Casey Bloys stated a possible third go did not appear doable for a unique motive.

“I really like this group of individuals — I’d do something with them,” Bloys informed TVLine on the time when requested in regards to the prospect of a renewal. “However the actuality is, they’re a few of the busiest actresses working in Hollywood. … I simply assume it’s not sensible.”