Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman were just teenagers when they met for the first time at an audition for an 80s swimsuit commercial, and while neither of them ended up booking the job, they both went on to enjoy glittering acting careers as well as a decades-long friendship.
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And this level of friendship is obviously not without loyalty, with it now being revealed that Kidman checked in with Watts before accepting a role as Watts' ex Liev Schreibers onscreen wife in the new Netflix limited series "The Perfect Couple."
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Still, Kidman was sure to put girl code above all else when the role came her way, and it was actually Schreiber who exposed this during a joint interview with "Entertainment Tonight" promoting the show.
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And Watts also commented on this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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