Keith Urban is reportedly glad that his wife Nicole Kidman’s latest age-gap rom-com failed to please critics.
The 57-year-old Hollywood star’s new Netflix film, A Family Affair, starring Zac Efron, 36, received a poor critical reception and the country musician is “secretly excited” about it, according to New Idea magazine.
Efron takes on the role of vain movie star Chris Cole, while Kidman plays writer Brook Harwood, who is the mother of his long-suffering assistant Zara (Joey King).
A source told the magazine he was not happy with Keith, 56, seeing his wife getting closer to Zac, after the pair last played lovers 12 years ago in popular crime drama The Paperboy.
“He trusts Nicole absolutely, but he was nervous to see her so comfortable with Zac on screen a second time,” the source said.
“I probably won’t be making a third one, which, deep down, has made Keith extremely happy – something he’ll have to keep to himself, of course!”
Kidman and Efron do their best to heat things up in Netflix’s highly-anticipated May-December rom-com A Family Affair, but the result is a lukewarm romance.
Their characters fall together in a somewhat drunken relationship, but after a steamy start, their on-screen chemistry quickly cools.
Keith Urban is reportedly glad that his wife Nicole Kidman’s latest age-gap rom-com failed to please critics. Pictured together in April
This comes after Nicole revealed that her daughters Sunday Rose, 15, and Faith Margaret, 13, give her honest feedback when she asks them.
Talking with PeopleShe said her daughters are “very supportive” of her, but they also express their criticisms without filter.
“But they also say, ‘OK, calm down,'” said the Australian actress, who shares two daughters with husband Keith.
“But I think it’s important not to have sycophants around you.”
Nicole and Keith also celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary on June 25.
The Practical Magic star said it’s not about “looking for really horrible reviews.”
Kidman and Zac Efron, 36, do their best to heat things up in Netflix’s highly anticipated romantic comedy A Family Affair, which is set to premiere in May or December, but the result is a rather lukewarm romance. They are both pictured
“We are all a work in progress, as they say,” he added.
She has two children with ex-husband Tom Cruise: Isabella Jane Cruise, 31, and Connor Antony Cruise, 29.
Nicole and Keith celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary on June 25.
Nicole commemorated the special moment with a sweet photo of her and Keith by the ocean.
Keith played guitar as Nicole lounged next to him, adding the caption: ‘Forever,’ adding a heart and the hashtag Happy Anniversary.
Nicole and Keith also celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary on June 25.
The lovebirds first met on January 15, 2005 at a G’Day USA gala in Los Angeles; Nicole and Keith are both from Australia.
They had exchanged phone numbers, but he didn’t call her for four months; the couple began to go strong shortly after meeting over the summer.
They announced their engagement in May 2006 and a month later, on June 25, 2006, they married in Sydney.
In 2008 they welcomed their daughter Sunday and in 2010 their daughter Faith.