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Nicole Kidman was the original lead but bowed out….


Is this common knowledge on the board?
They even shot a few scenes with Kidman and Stewart before her abrupt departure.

https://people.com/nicole-kidman-thanks-jodie-foster-replacing-her-panic-room-role-8655204

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nicole-kidman-says-jodie-foster-replaced-her-major-film-when-she-was-having-breakdown.amp

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So Kidman was the voice of Fosters ex-husband's girlfriend on the phone when Foster calls her a bitch and tells her to put her ex on the phone

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I missed that part in the article, nice little easter egg!

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Foster did ok, I think. Can't imagine Kidman in this role.

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"I’m having a breakdown." That sounds like a mental problem, the stories I read all said she bowed out for injury on her leg.

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