Berlin: Werner Herzog Says Nude Scene Was Nicole Kidman's Idea (Q&A) — hollywoodreporter.com

Werner Herzog surprised everyone with his Berlinale competition entry Queen of the Desert. Not only is the film, which stars Nicole Kidman as real-life desert explorer Gertrude Bell, his first feature with a female lead, it is also, unabashedly, his first attempt at a romantic love story. The critics have not been kind, but Herzog, 72, has no regrets. The director of Fitzcarraldo and Grizzly Man spoke to THR about feeling a kindred spirit with Bell and how he drew from his own life — including the way he proposed to his wife — to shoot his first-ever love scenes.

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