Nicole Kidman and Nine Perfect Strangers cast talk psychedelics, social media, and how far would you go to be healed
- In the Hulu series debuting this week, Kidman plays a mysterious guru at a California wellness retreat who uses psychedelics to treat her clients
- Cast members Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale and Regina Hall talk about the show’s refreshing take and seeing the flaws and messiness of people
Tune in to catch Nine Perfect Strangers and you’ll find drama and suspense. But you might also see some heady stuff, says star Nicole Kidman.
“It kind of delves into some of the biggest existentialist questions,” she says. “What is reality? What place can you choose to exist in? Can we alter that? Is there another reality that we can access that maybe is a more desired reality?”
The Hulu limited series that starts this week is definitely ambitious, centring on nine troubled people attending a remote Northern California wellness retreat. Kidman plays Masha, the spa’s mysterious guru, who has an unusual treatment method involving psychedelics.
The strangers include an unhappy romance writer, a former football star, a bored couple, a simmering-with-anger divorcee, a mysterious gay man and three members of a family grieving the loss of a fourth. Their 10-day retreat is told over eight episodes – like an Agatha Christie-style parlour mystery mashed with an adult The Breakfast Club.
The series is adapted by David E. Kelley and John-Henry Butterworth from Liane Moriarty’s 2018 novel of the same name. The show’s cast is impressive, with Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving and Michael Shannon in the ensemble.
