Tom Cruise shared a few words about Nicole Kidman in a new interview, marking the first time in more than 20 years that the Mission: Impossible actor has spoken about his ex-wife in the press.

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Tom Cruise has his eyes on the past. The actor, 62, made a rare comment about his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, whom he was married to from 1990 to 2001. While speaking to Sight and Sound magazine, Cruise detailed his experience in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 thriller “Eyes Wife Shut” in which he starred opposite the actress, 57.