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Naomi Watts and Matthew McConaughey play husband and wife in new film
Actress reveals they wrote letters to each other in character to prepare
Watts stars on the cover of Vogue Australia's October issue

By Andrea Magrath For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:45 EST, 13 September 2015 | Updated: 07:55 EST, 14 September 2015

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Naomi Watts has revealed how she and co-star Matthew McConaughey developed a close relationship through a series of love letters.

The intimate correspondence was in preparation for their roles as husband and wife in the upcoming movie The Sea of Trees.

Speaking to Vogue Australia, the actress revealed: 'We didn't have any time to prep [for the movie] so when Matthew reached out to me via email, I said: 'Do you mind if we write to each other in character?' And he wrote back and said: 'Write at will, Joan.'

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'Our characters have this tumultuous marriage': Naomi Watts has revealed she and Matthew McConaughey wrote love letters to each other

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Onscreen affair: The actors (pictured together at the Cannes Film Festival in May) play husband and wife in the Gus Van Sant movie The Sea of Trees

'So we proceeded to create this relationship through letters. Some would be just a few lines or something fairly benign, and then other times it would be a long letter about how we failed and how we need to change and accusations of giving up; the same old story, your classic marriage problems.

'Sometimes we would write poetry, sometimes love letters, sometimes stormy letters, sometimes I would leave a voice recording [as Joan] knowing he was going to be shooting in the forest that day. It was great.'

The co-stars threw themselves into their roles for the Gus Van Sant drama, the Australian star told the magazine. 'Our stories are played in flashbacks, and our characters have this tumultuous marriage, so we just had fun with it,' she said.

Cover girl: The actress discusses movies and motherhood in the new issue of Vogue Australia

Watts, 46, stars on the cover of the fashion magazine's October issue, and also discussed wanting to protect her children - Sasha and Samuel, with partner Liev Schreiber - from growing up in a privileged Hollywood bubble.

'Certainly there are things in my life that reflect the fact I've become successful in this industry, I've earned a certain amount of money, but it's not all like that,' she mused.

'And I don't want it to be all like that. I don't want to be driven around in a car all the time. We were in Paris recently and there was a car available for us, but I wanted my kids to walk – I wanted them to see the city!'

'We struggled to create that balance but, knock on wood, it's been okay so far,' the Oscar nominee added. 'I try to be the "normal mum", it's just who I am. It wouldn't be normal for me to operate quote-un-quote like a 'just a movie star'.

Rocky: 'Our stories are played in flashbacks, and our characters have this tumultuous marriage, so we just had fun with it,' Naomi told Vogue

In demand: Watts is currently at Toronto International Film Festival promoting another of her movies, About Ray

Watts is busy promoting two movies at the same time - The Sea of Trees, as well as About Ray, in which she stars alongside Susan Sarandon and Elle Fanning, the latter playing a young woman transitioning to female.

Naomi also discusses the growing number of female-driven films in Hollywood.

'It feels like the woman's voice, overall, is more powerful [these days],' she told Vogue. 'And as I get older ... you have a stronger sense of yourself about what you need and what you want. And so you're able to be more proactive about going out there and making it happen.

'And there are a lot more female directors around and a lot more successful female writers, it feels like it's opening up. [But] it's still not anywhere near equal! I know first-hand, and it's absolutely 100 per cent true.'

The October issue of Vogue Australia is on sale now.