Morgan Freeman was among the many stars who paid tribute to Nicole Kidman when the actress acquired the AFI Life Achievement Award.
Freeman parodied Kidman’s viral AMC spot, which has been spoofed by many over time.
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Kidman lately revealed that she want to parody the commercial as nicely, however with a drag queen, after many performers shared their takes on social media.
“My dream can be to be onstage doing it with a drag queen,” she mentioned in an interview with Elle. “I’ve bought to have the ability to do this in some unspecified time in the future.”
Watch Freeman’s parody within the video under.
The commercial starring Kidman performed earlier than the function movies at AMC theaters and shortly went viral. Kidman mentioned it was her love of cinema what impressed her to participate within the marketing campaign.
“It was simply the need to maintain cinemas alive,” she mentioned. “I’ve had the perfect experiences in cinema. I’d fake I used to be going to highschool; I’d forge a word, and I’d go and sit in a movie show. That’s a secure haven for me, so the concept of these not current—that’s simply not a part of the equation in my lifetime.”
Of turning into a meme and being mocked by SNL and comedians, she mentioned, “If that’s what it takes, I’ll do no matter it takes. We’ve got to have some extra concepts for the following one.”
Through the AFI Life Achievement celebration, Morgan additionally paid tribute to Kidman by singing Moulin Rouge and calling the 2001 movie his favourite.