Nicole Kidman Addresses ‘Grace of Monaco’ Controversy

Grace of Monaco, the upcoming film starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Olivier Dahan has been the source of controversy lately, as the royal family of Monaco is not happy with the account and has been vocal about their disapproval.

The star and her director addressed the conflict over their new movie at a press conference on Wednesday, before the film opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Prince Albert of Monaco and his sisters have condemned the film, in which Kidman portrays their late mother, but Dahan and his leading lady were keen to downplay the controversy surrounding the movie as they prepared for its premiere on Wednesday night.

The film centers upon relations between Grace Kelly and her husband, Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, when she revealed she was considering a break from royal life to return to Hollywood.

The couple’s children insists the film “recounts one rewritten, needlessly glamorised page in the history of Monaco and its family with both major historical inaccuracies and a series of purely fictional scenes.”

Responding to the royal family’s latest attack at the press conference, Kidman said, “Obviously, I feel sad because I think the film has no malice towards the family or particularly towards Grace or Rainier. It’s fictionalised obviously. It is not a biopic. There is the essence of truth, but with a lot of these things you take dramatic license at times.”

She added, “It’s awkward, is what it is. I still have respect and I want them to know that the performance was done with love and I want them to know if they ever do see it, they would see that there is an enormous amount of affection for both their parents and the love story of their parents.”

Photo Credit: The Weinstein Company

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  1. People go to the movies to be entertained. I think people realize that things have to be stretched or changed a bit for the big screen to keep it interesting. It’s not like they are saying Grace killed Grace Kelly and her husband.