Sunday, Jul. 17, 2005

Nicole's Shutterbug Story

By Rebecca Winters

In a film cast that includes a werewolf woman and a boy with a memorable birthmark, it helps to have a traditional beauty in the lead. NICOLE KIDMAN is playing Diane Arbus in Fur, which director Steven Shainberg calls his "fairy tale for adults," a fictional take on three months in the provocative photographer's life. The Bewitched star's "subtlety and mysteriousness" (not, this time, her nose) channel Arbus, says Shainberg, who directed Secretary. Arbus was most famous for her photos of sideshow freaks. Did we mention that Robert Downey Jr. also stars?