Nicole Kidman remembers the costume she wore during her visit to Fire Island

Nicole Kidman knows how to stay in the background when traveling.

The A family affair star, 57, described how she was able to stay under the radar during a September 2024 cover interview for Fire Island The official USA.

Kidman explained that the trendy Long Island, New York, location that served as inspiration for the 2022 romantic comedy of the same name, is known for its “wild parties” and trendy boulevard.

The actress mentioned that she visited the island to attend an Independence Day party and received “lots of love” during her trip. She said that she was able to enjoy the destination to the fullest thanks to her clever disguise.

“I wore a hat,” she said.

Kidman also spoke to the newspaper about her love of travel and how she has passed this on to her children. She has two children, Bella and Connor, with her ex-boyfriend Tom Cruise, and two daughters, Sunday and Faith, with her husband Keith Urban.

“My children love to travel… maybe less now [that they’re older]but they are also very interested in the world. They say they have so many stamps in their passport, more than most people in the 80s,” says Kidman.

She cited her work as one of the main reasons her children’s passports are filled with stamps from “all over” the world, as she is “willing” to travel widely for her films. Her children have lived in places like “Morocco, France, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Vietnam, Hong Kong,” she said.

The Big little lies The star added how important traveling is to her as it is part of her “global education.”

“It gave me an empathetic heart and an access to people’s lives that I would never have had otherwise. [otherwise],” she told the outlet. “I don’t think it’s good to only exist in your own territory.”

She continued, “I was raised to always strive to understand, learn and see different perspectives. That’s probably why I travel. It gives me a better understanding of how people see their country in relation to the world.”

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Kidman prepares for the premiere of her upcoming film, A24’s Babygirlin December. In the erotic drama, the actress plays a businesswoman who has an affair with her intern.

She spoke openly about the demanding role and how it “wore her down” in an interview with Vanity Fair Beginning of August.

“At some point I thought, I don’t want to be touched anymore. I don’t want to do this anymore, but at the same time I felt compelled to do it,” she said. “I’ve done some films that are pretty revealing, but nothing like this one.”