Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman HaveMoulin RougeReunion Before Praising His Daughter inBabygirlat2025 Golden Globes

Mar. 15, 2025

From L: Ewan and Esther McGregor in West Hollywood, California, on Nov. 16, 2024; Nicole Kidman at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 5, 2025.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage;Stewart Cook/A24 via Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage;Stewart Cook/A24 via Getty

It’s a small world after all!

On Sunday, Jan. 5,Ewan McGregorandNicole Kidmanhad a briefMoulin Rougereunion on the 2025Golden Globesred carpet.

As McGregor, 53, and his wifeMary Elizabeth Winsteadchatted withEntertainment Tonight, Kidman, 57, briefly interrupted to say hello to her former costar.

When the reporter noted that the two were having a reunion after making the 2001 musical romance film, Kidman pointed out that there was another reason to celebrate.

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Esther, 23, also takes on the role of Isabel, Kidman’s onscreen daughter, more than 23 years after she and McGregor starred inMoulin Rouge.

“She’s really wonderful in it,” McGregor toldETof his daughter’s performance. “She has a couple of moments in it that really just, [left] my eyes open wide. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s really got it. So I’m really proud of her.’ "

In February, the actor briefly mentioned earlier this year that Esther would be collaborating with Kidman on a new film at aStar Wars-related panel at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida.

Nicole Kidman and Esther McGregor in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2024.Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty

Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty

“My daughter Esther is filming with — she’s playing Nicole Kidman’s daughter in a movie right now. Full circle!” he said, adding, “Maybe no one’s meant to know that … I should’ve checked before I just announced that to the world. Proud-dad moment, sorry.”

“A lot of my personal life and things that I’ve kind of gone through with my family, and the dynamic of that, weirdly kind of replicated itself on the screen, just in the opposite way as I was dealing with my mother instead of my father,” she said.

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source: people.com