Nicole Kidman Arrives at Cote for Cannes

Nicole Kidman flashes a smile while landing at Côte d’Azur Airport on Tuesday (May 22) in Nice, France.

The 44-year-old Aussie actress (wearing Lanvin sunglasses) is in town for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where her new film, The Paperboy, will be screened later in the week.

The movie’s director, Lee Daniels, recently chatted about his high-profile cast, telling THR casting “was a circus.”

“It was crazy. We kept losing actors because we kept pushing the start date. We started out with one cast and ended up with another. We started out with Tobey Maguire and Sofia Vergara and Bradley Cooper and we ended up with Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey and Nicole Kidman,” he revealed.

“I think the universe plays it exactly as it’s supposed to,” Lee added. “I couldn’t be prouder of each of the actors in the film. They serviced author Pete [Dexter]‘s characters magnificently.”