Grace soon comes to believe there are ghosts haunting her home, but the truth is much worse. As good as she is in The Others though, it turns out Kidman nearly left the film for good. With that in mind, the actress found it hard to put herself in the right head space for the character. This was especially due to the ending twist , in which it's not only revealed that Grace and her children have been ghosts the whole time, but that she had gone mad and murdered them, then killed herself.
It's heavy material, and according to Kidman, she quit the film during pre-production rehearsals, as her character's horrific acts were giving her nightmares. Thankfully, Kidman was eventually convinced to return to the project, presumably by director Alejandro Amenabar, but she's doesn't specify.
Regardless, she returned to making The Others , and was able to finally get a handle on her character by deciding that in Grace's mind, killing her afflicted children had been an act of mercy. Despite reaching that turning point though, Kidman still found playing the role mentally taxing, and was quite glad to be rid of Grace Stewart by the time production wrapped.
Nicole Kidman Grace as Grace. Christopher Eccleston Charles as Charles. Fionnula Flanagan Mrs. Mills as Mrs. Alakina Mann Anne as Anne. James Bentley Nicholas as Nicholas. Eric Sykes Mr. Tuttle as Mr. Elaine Cassidy Lydia as Lydia.
Gordon Reid Assistant as Assistant. Keith Allen Mr. Marlish as Mr. Michelle Fairley Mrs. Marlish as Mrs. Alexander Vince Victor as Victor. Aldo Grilo Gardener as Gardener. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle.
The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them.
Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences. Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different. Rated PG for thematic elements and frightening moments. Did you know Edit. Coming off the bright and exuberant Moulin Rouge! Grace has discovered a portrait book filled with grim tableaux of dead people, and her daughter has been briefly possessed by the face of a desiccated old woman.
The true legacy of The Others is confirmation that the old ways still work. For as much as the Scream cycle had rewarded the self-awareness of a horror audience, The Others proved that the same ploys that scared people 40 years earlier could still work on them now.
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