Kidman brings 'Arab kingmaker' heroine to big screen

2015/02/06 22:03:57 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Nicole Kidman learned to ride a camel and brave a sandstorm for her role as real-life British adventurer Gertrude Bell in the Berlin film festival contender & quot;Queen of the Desert & quot;, premiering Friday. The film, directed by German veteran Werner Herzog and co-starring Robert Pattinson, James Franco and Damian Lewis, is one of 19 competition contenders at the Berlinale and drew a mixed reception at a press preview. Kidman said she had previously been unaware of Bell, who helped redraw the map of the Middle East as the Ottoman Empire was crumbling based on intelligence she gathered during extensive travels with Bedouin tribes. & quot;We talk about Lawrence of Arabia and we & #039;ve never heard of Gertrude Bell.
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