the series in which leading artists and performers talk to me about their most significant cultural influences and experiences. i m john wilson and my guest is oscar winning actor nicole kidman who has been an international star for over 30 years now. i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even a superstar s travel plans can be ruined, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you, thank you for having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four. your father was a clinical psychologist and biochemist. was it a creative upbringing? yeah, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also the daughter of a nurse educator, but they were both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies, my mother loves opera. what are your earli
an enormous love of the arts. i was both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies, my mother loves opera. mother loves opera. what are our mother loves opera. what are your earliest mother loves opera. what are your earliest memories - mother loves opera. what are your earliest memories of - your earliest memories of favourite films? i your earliest memories of favourite films? your earliest memories of favourite films? i would go to a lace favourite films? i would go to a place called favourite films? i would go to a place called the favourite films? i would go to | a place called the independent theatre which would show films, and we were all allowed to flop around on bea
i come here mainly to walk the dog in the morning and in the afternoon, and then also, it s a great place to just clear your thoughts. i ve come to london to meet gurinder chadha, a pioneering figure in the film industry the first british asian woman to direct mainstream features in the uk. films that have won major awards and become international hits. in her movies, some eight feature films in all, from her best known bend it like beckham. no one can cross a ball or bend it like beckham. ..to her more recent musical drama blinded by the light. stay away from the girls! ..she has brought the screen to life with authentic stories using appealing actors, music. # she s a lady! ..and humour to portray british asian life. the asian experience in the uk has long been herfocus. born in nairobi, gurinder chadha came to the uk as a young child and grew up in southall in west london, home to a big asian community. i m always in southall, still got the best kebabs anywhere in london
born in nairobi, gurinder chadha came to the uk as a young child and grew up in southall in west london, home to a big asian community. i m always in southall, still got the best kebabs anywhere in london, and i ve got relatives there and of course the sikh temples are there, and i do, you know, it s where i grew up, really, it s where all of my films are shot. she began her career as a broadcastjournalist. in 1989, she made the first of several documentaries called i m british but. it showed the new generation of young asians in the uk. i see myself as british maybe, well, welsh, isuppose. i ve always wanted to meet gurinder chadha. her movies have made me laugh and cry. as a person, she is just like herfilms warm, open, funny, optimistic and generous. she invited me into her london home and we spent the better part of a day delving into herfilms and discussing what makes her tick as a film maker. # move on up. hello and welcome to talking movies, i m tom brook. toda