Sensible Magic: how Nicole Kidman obtained everybody drunk, and the solid of the film have been cursed by an actual witch
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“Witch, witch, you’re a witch.”
In 1998, the world was launched to a household of witches who face scorn and scrutiny from their charming, quaint small city.
Made up of two units of magical sisters, the aunts – Stocking Channard and Dianne Wiest – and the Owens women – Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman – the ladies within the household face a curse of their very own. Each man who falls in love with them will meet a tragic finish.
Throw in some abusive boyfriends, a homicide (and reincarnation gone dangerous), midnight margaritas and a bonding movie concerning the energy of sisterhood and also you’ve obtained the makings of a fascinating cult basic.
A flop within the field workplace however a bona fide autumnal basic now, right here’s some enjoyable tidbits concerning the making of Sensible Magic.
Did a witch curse Sensible Magic?
There’s lengthy been a legend {that a} witch cursed the solid of the movie – and it seems it’s true.
Talking to Vainness Honest, director Griffin Dunne explains, “It’s one thing I’ll speak about now, however on the time I might form of deny it… As the road from the film [goes], ‘I didn’t need to give the curse any power.’”
“I employed a witch advisor to get the main points of the ceremony. We obtained alongside nice; she was very, very useful. Sandy and Nicole saved asking about her, ‘Oh, what did the witch say? What did the witch say about this?’ earlier than we began capturing.”
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“She was paid very handsomely by Warner Brothers for her consulting. I assumed it could be enjoyable to carry her out to Los Angeles, put her in a pleasant lodge and meet Sandy and Nicole, who have been dying to satisfy her. When the producer known as, she was drastically offended… She needed to publish a Sensible Magic cookbook and stated, ‘You possibly can’t purchase me off with a lodge.’”
“She left a curse in some form of tongue on my voicemail—that was fairly chilling, really—and threatened to sue.”
So scared have been some, they really had an exorcist come on set afterwards.
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A well-known icon liked the home a lot, she needed it
Griffin Dunne additionally revealed that none apart from Barbra Streisand was so enamoured with the country home from the movie she contacted him to say, “I need the kitchen.”
Sadly for the Humorous Lady legend – and everybody else who has come to like the charming house through the years – it did not really exist.
The builders created what’s known as an “architectural shell” in San Juan Island, Washington, to function exterior set-pieces and the inside units have been constructed on sound phases in Los Angeles, California.
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Nicole Kidman obtained everybody drunk
One of many highlights of the movie is the 4 ladies ingesting midnight margaritas within the kitchen.
And, effectively, seems, there wasn’t a lot performing concerned.
Sandra Bullock beforehand confirmed on the DVD commentary that they weren’t ingesting a prop – Nicole introduced precise tequila to the scene.
And in his Vainness Honest interview, the director added, “So we did the dancing. Sure, I undoubtedly joined in on the tequila. I used to be fairly sh*t-faced by the point we completed capturing, as was everybody.”
