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Look away Keith! Nicole Kidman wraps her arms around Moonlight star Mahershala Ali as she talks first kiss in W magazine

Published: 15:14 EST, 15 February 2017 | Updated: 19:21 EST, 15 February 2017

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Nicole Kidman is in a happy marriage with Keith Urban.

But this week the Oscar winner was seen looking very taken by Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali for the cover of W Magazine.

In the issue, the 49-year-old talked about playing Sue Brierley in Lion as well as why she had her first kiss while watching the horror movie The Shining.

The pressure: Nicole Kidman talked about the pressure of portraying a real life in 2016's drama based on a true story, as she sat down with W Magazine for their Movie Issue cover story

Hot! The Oscar winner was seen looking very taken by Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali for the cover of W

As far as her Shining character she said: 'I know this state of being, I know this woman,' she recalled of her thoughts, immediately upon reading the script.

Kidman met with the real-life Brierley before going in to filming to be sure she was prepared for the role.

The Eyes Wide Shut star said it was wonderful to play a person that she connected with so easily, but she still had reservations about her performance.

She still gets nervous: The Eyes Wide Shut star said it was wonderful to play a person that she connected with so easily, but she still had reservations about her performance

'I mean, it’s lovely [when you connect so well] and then you go, “I hope she’s not disappointed.“ She hasn’t been, thank god,' she said. 'That’s a huge pressure, in the sense of somebody watching your interpretation of their life kind of in this compact way.'

The two have even kept in contact since filming has wrapped and the movie opened to rave reviews.

'She’s in my life now,' Kidman shared. 'She’s very, very special and she’s very warm and extremely maternal.'

Another Oscar? Kidman has been nominated for another Oscar for her part in the production, in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Of their initial meeting, the Australian actor explained she approached it with the same vigor she would if she had been the main character driving the story.

'I asked her hours and hours of questions,' she revealed. 'I’ve always said when you play a supporting role you still have to do all of the homework and all of the preparation that you have to do for a leading role. You just have to because otherwise you don’t have the human being.'

Kidman added that the energy she found with that human being was undeniable.

She loves the guy! Kidman has been married to Keith Urban since 2006. Pictured at the Golden Globe awards in January

'She just told me things I would immediately understand,' she shared. 'It was one of those things where I’m meant to be her. And she apparently wanted me to play her.'

The casting worked out well all around, apparently, because Lion received multiple nominations this awards season. The biggest ticket show is coming up in less than two weeks, where the film has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Kidman has been nominated for another Oscar for her part in the production, in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

Also in W, Kidman walked her first kiss.

'So I’m watching The Shining, can you believe it? And we’re playing hooky from school. And I have my first kiss watching The Shining, is that not weird? And I we did a few other things than just kiss too. Don’t ask.'

The 89th Annual Academy Awards will air on February 26 at 8.30 pm Eastern on ABC.