Nicole Kidman And ‘The Good Couple’ Solid ‘Had A Mutiny’ Over The Opening Credit – The Boston Courier

The opening credit of “The Perfect Couple” are palpably ecstatic — however they virtually by no means occurred.

Netflix’s new whodunit begins every episode with a joyous choreographed dance, however the forged as soon as launched a close to “mutiny” over the sequence, in accordance with a Selection story printed Thursday.

The sequence, primarily based on Elin Hilderbrand’s novel of the identical title, follows a rich household compelled to postpone a marriage in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when the maid of honor is discovered useless shortly earlier than her finest buddy’s nuptials.

“I think I felt that I want to do something where we are telling the audience ‘This is going to be fun,’” director Susanne Bier informed Selection forward of the present’s Los Angeles premiere Wednesday. “I feel this time [period] is a little bit gloomy and I felt I wanted to do something which had a lot of life.”

Bier settled on a flash mob-style beachfront dance set to Meghan Trainor’s “Criminals.”

The celebrities had been as skeptical because the homicide thriller’s characters, nevertheless, as varied forged members apparently hated the thought — and launched a WhatsApp group chat in hopes of derailing the dance.

“Everyone was on that group saying they didn’t want to do this because we just didn’t understand,” actor Meghann Fahy informed Selection. “I actually have a really, really huge issue with learning choreography so I was very nervous about it.”

Nicole Kidman, who performs household matriarch Greer Garrison Winbury, additionally wasn’t offered on the opening. “I didn’t feel like Greer would dance! I felt like Greer would watch,” she informed Selection.

“I don’t think any of us could make sense of doing this choreography in these characters,” mentioned Ishaan Khatter, who performs Shooter, the groom’s finest man. “We’re like, ‘Wait where does this fit into the scheme of things? This was not part of the assignment!’”

Even the present’s producers had been reportedly apprehensive about it. The decided Bier in the end obtained her approach, nevertheless, and mentioned she shot the sequence in below two hours.

Fahy and Kidman ultimately got here round to the thought, and choreographer Appeal La’Donna was additionally happy in regards to the “fun day on the beach.” In the meantime, actor Liev Schreiber by no means wanted convincing, as he had been sport for the dance all alongside.

“The entire cast had a mutiny about this idea except for me, I was already in my trailer practicing the dance moves,” he informed Selection. “I just like dancing and I was kinda disappointed when it came out that I’m not in it more because I thought I did it really well.”