‘Teased’: Nicole Kidman reveals past struggles

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has opened up about her personal life and shared rare insight into how she became the woman she is today.

Nicole Kidman has opened up about her struggles growing up in the new documentary series, In Vogue: The 90s.

The show, which premiered at the weekend on Disney+, gives viewers an inside look at the fashion world during the decade of supermodels.

In a revealing interview, Kidman, who recently lost her mother, shares that it wasn’t until the fashion world invited her into its inner-circle that she felt comfortable in her own skin due to bullying throughout her childhood.

Actress Nicole Kidman appears in the new documentary on Disney+ about Vogue Magazine. Photo: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP.

“I mean, I was a red-headed, fair-skinned girl who was almost 5’11 at the age of 14,” she said. “I would get teased, and it wasn’t kind. So every time I was given access to that whole world, you feel like a little girl who’s been given the chance to step into this sort of fantasy world.”

Kidman’s reign as one of the greatest rising talents of the ‘90s was in full swing, and she became the next in line to wear a John Galliano creation, which he designed for her to wear at the 1997 Oscars.

Galliano wanted to make a big splash in the fashion world after Princess Diana’s 1996 Met Gala look — and he knew Kidman could help him do it.

Revealing what was going through her mind when the iconic designer reached out, Kidman delved into some of her struggles from her youth regarding her body image and what it meant to her to have a dress designed specifically for her.

Anna Wintour appears in the new Disney+ documentary alongside a host of Hollywood stars. Picture: Disney+

“Can you believe it?” Kidman rhetorically asked. “My whole life, I wanted to be 5’2” and curvaceous and suddenly, being 5’11 and completely sort of skinny and flat chested was like, ‘Great, we can dress you.’ ”

“I grew up watching Audrey Hepburn and Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly — all these women whose style was created with the designers that they’re affiliated with,” Kidman continued, speaking of ushering in a new era in red carpet fashion.

“They just loved fashion. So I remember thinking, but of course, this should be brought into Hollywood now, and we should be wearing the things that are made in these gorgeous little salons in Paris. Because that’s what they used to do, so why aren’t we still doing it?”