Nicole Kidman made her debut on Apple TV+‘s Margo’s Got Money Troubles as a professional wrestler in the April 22 episode of the show. However, the filming for this episode was quite an interesting affair, as Kidman turned up for the shoot in poor health. She was taken to the hospital right after the shoot. Still, she delivered a strong performance.
Nick Offerman on how Nicole Kidman got hospitalized on Margo’s Got Money Problems set
Nicole Kidman, who is also an executive producer for Margo’s Got Money Troubles, appeared on the show as a wrestler at a fan convention in the April 22 episode. Nick Offerman revealed the behind-the-scenes effort that went into the scene.
Offerman revealed to PEOPLE that this particular scene was a “huge set piece,” with “hundreds of extras.” The scene almost did not happen.
“We’re there in the morning, we’re getting warmed up — some of us are going to be performing some actual wrestling, and so we have our doubles, we have people we’re working with,” Offerman recalled, “Nicole today. And we’re like, ‘Oh no, that’s such a bummer, because we only have the one day that we’ve built this whole circus for.’”
“It’s about 8:00 in the morning that we get this news. Come to be about 11:00 a.m., the word comes in: Nicole’s coming,” Offerman continued, “She was so pale, shaken. She just had the flu really so bad.”
Despite her condition, “she showed up and made sure that we got every shot of her, total superhero style, did everything we needed to so that we did not lose one scrap of what we needed for her character,” Offerman said. He added that after the shoot concluded, Kidman “was literally taken to the hospital for an IV.”
“And I just said to her, I already admired you so much, but this is how you get to be Nicole Kidman, is you show up so that your show doesn’t lose a minute of your value,” the Parks and Recreation star said, “It was so generous. It was astonishing.”
