Nicole Kidman & Sandra Bullock on Finding Joy and Embracing Pain in 'Practical Magic 2' | Interview

The harder life gets, the more you say, why do I even bother anymore? I will seemingly protect my daughters. Safety is an illusion. Nicole, it's so great to see you again. Hi, great to see you, yeah. No, and Sandra, it's so nice to meet you for the first time. Nice to meet you. I'm sad our molecules are not in the same room. She was speaking. What did you say? I'm sorry. I said I'm sad that our molecules are not in the same room. Oh, my molecules sitting here with your molecules. I know, the best line from the most dreamy of humans. Yes, this film was the best serotonin boost I needed, and I can't wait for round two to watch it with my daughter. But Sandra, I love how Sally is a little bit closed off in the beginning, but why do you think fans will really, really connect to her, finding her magic eventually, and that joy that she's missing? Well, I think we can all relate to it because the harder life gets, the more you say, why do I even bother anymore? With an open heart. And it's easier just to say, I'm happy with what I have. I will just do my life as it is, and I will seemingly protect my daughters by not subjecting them to the same pain that I've had. And safety is an illusion, and we all think that we can keep each other safe. We can to a certain degree, but in the bigger picture of life, you can't, especially for your children. It's their journey. Sometimes the pain is their journey to grow. So I think moms everywhere will relate on a level, and I think what's even more important that the children of the mothers will see their mothers as a young woman, a dreamer, somebody who's given up and sacrificed. I hope that young women will look to their mothers and go, I didn't know, and see you as a fully-fledged human being rather than just the robot that they want you to be. Nicole, I also love that at the end of the film, we also see that this film was dedicated to your real-life sisters. I mean, the sisters are, I feel like, just such an amazing example what true sisterhood looks like. Even in the beginning, the two of you, the way you just embrace each other, what has this sisterhood meant to you throughout the years? It's amazing because we just picked up, we hadn't really spent time together over the past few decades, and so to pick up where you left off and it still be like that, it's very unusual. And we don't kind of deconstruct it. I think we obviously both have sisters, so we have the ability, we just understand what that is. But in terms of us together, it's just easy. You're looking fabulous after all these years as well. That's nice. I also love the generations that this film is bringing together. Yes. And we also saw, Sandra, that you kind of hinted, kind of teased at these musicians, the generations of Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Nicks. Any update on that, on the soundtrack? Like, what would that do for you if that did happen in that magical way? Well, you know, the amazing thing about a completed film is that you can't tease anything that's not there. I'm just gonna take that. And I'm just gonna run with that. Just run as far as you want. Run away with it, keep it close, let it go, get a sprint, do what you will with it. And then, I mean, you saw the film. Yes, I did. And I'm gonna run with it really quickly between the two of you. I'm so sorry, Sonny. Oh, we have to, okay, sorry, my bad. I just, I felt like I was one of their BFFs and I could just keep going. Thank you so much. You are, you're in the coven. You're a sister. I hear that you have four sisters who are all huge fans of the first film, as I am as well. But, you know, the first time we meet Gideon, it's sort of like this cringy family moment when he actually meets the Ellen sisters. But I'm curious to know how warm and inviting were Sandra and Nicole when you actually met them for the first time in real life? In real life, the interaction was incredibly less awkward and way more warm and welcoming. I definitely might've been giving a little bit of Gideon in the kind of disassociation that comes with meeting people that you've been fans of for so long. And yet they kind of have this ability to bring you right back into your body and they're so present, so welcoming, so warm. And now I'm like, dang, it's already over. Yeah, they're a blessing. I can't even imagine, but I'm sure it was so magical. Also, Solly, here's the interesting thing. To be cast as a man in practical magic is a bit of a badge of honor. Like you're kind of extended to like that stud status right off the bat, just that badge of honor. I'm gonna take it. Yeah, so first of all, I hope you're ready for that, my friend. Second of all, what were your families and even the fans' reaction when they found out that you were attached to the project to this very mysterious role, which we're not really allowed to mention? My family knew more about the first movie than I did, for sure, and my friends as well. So when they found out, they didn't believe me, basically, when I said that, I think. They said, mm. Oh, not nice. Like the stud? Practical magic? I don't think so. Solly? I don't think so. You're definitely not a stud. You're like cringey, cringey young boy. You're like giddy. I would argue with them on that. No, no, no, that's not fair. That's not fair. But they were very excited. And then I watched the first movie and I was equally excited as well. And I think, you know what? I think the fans, as opposed to like, you know, outside of my circle, when they found out I was cast, I think they pretty quickly worked out who I was going to be playing. Well, listen, now you can tell your family, like, move over, misters. Move over, the stud's coming. The stud is here. He has arrived and he's here to stay. Sholo, I also love the fact that you have so much experience thanks to Cobra Kai. What are you about to say right now? Oh, wait. Oh, okay, wait, wait. Experience of what? Cause in that show, I was also in a coma. I was like, do you like to pick characters that require you laying there still for most, no, that's not what I was going to say. I was just going to say like having that experience and then coming into this, I guess that is kind of what I'm saying. How did that lend to this project for you? That lent to this project by way of understanding the responsibility that comes with a project that people hold so close to their hearts. I think stepping into Cobra Kai, it was so in the same ways that I wasn't necessarily around for the original. I got to experience this as a kid for the first time. You want to do right by the people that have helped keep this fan base strong over the years. And I think with something like Practical Magic, the objective was the same, to not replicate or try to create a copy of what once was, but to continue the story in a way that fits how we are today. And you're pretty good at being in a camera as well. And also I'm really good at pretending to be asleep. Only fell asleep once on the job, yeah. I probably fell asleep more times than you did. Gentlemen, it was so great to meet you both and congratulations. See you later, you couple of studs. Hey, thank you for your time. Thank you.