Nicole Kidman stars as Becca in "Rabbit Hole," directed by John Mitchell. The film, which also stars Aaron Eckhart, is being released by Lionsgate on December 17.

“I related to her stoicism,” Kidman says of her character.  “I always approached Becca as if she is in such enormous pain that if she even touches on it she’ll break, which I think could be true of any woman who loses their child. She has to wake up every morning with this debilitating and crippling loss, and the only way Becca can deal with things is to just keep moving forward. She’s desperately trying to choose life – so by taking paintings down and cleaning out the house she’s saying ‘I can’t just crumple up and die now, so how do I live? I’ve got to find a way.’”

Nicole Kidman stars as Becca in "Rabbit Hole," directed by John Mitchell. The film, which also stars Aaron Eckhart, is being released by Lionsgate on December 17.

“I related to her stoicism,” Kidman says of her character.  “I always approached Becca as if she is in such enormous pain that if she even touches on it she’ll break, which I think could be true of any woman who loses their child. She has to wake up every morning with this debilitating and crippling loss, and the only way Becca can deal with things is to just keep moving forward. She’s desperately trying to choose life – so by taking paintings down and cleaning out the house she’s saying ‘I can’t just crumple up and die now, so how do I live? I’ve got to find a way.’”

Aaron Eckhart stars as Howie in "Rabbit Hole," directed by John Mitchell. The film, which also stars Nicole Kidman, is being released by Lionsgate on December 17.

“What interested me is that Howie and Becca are trying to salvage a relationship that was once very playful, fun and loving, but now everything is different,” Eckhart says.  “Theirs is a good story that I think is worth telling, one that will have resonance for a lot of people.  It is a story for anyone who has ever dealt with confusion, loss, family pressures, marital troubles, really all the things we all deal with on a daily basis.” 

Edward Zwick is the director of "Love & Other Drugs," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. The film is being released by Twentieth Century Fox on November 24.

“I think many people had forgotten that I started my career with stories of this intimate nature, especially on television, whether it was thirtysomething or My So-Called Life,” says Zwick.  “Since I hadn’t played with this voice in movies in a long time, when this opportunity materialized, I was drawn to it. I am interested in what is epic in the personal; sometimes the smaller struggles loom just as large with stakes that are just as high.”

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway star in "Love & Other Drugs," directed by Edward Zwick. The film is being released by  Fox on November 24.

Hathaway notes that her previous collaboration with Gyllenhaal, on Brokeback Mountain, was a critical factor in their work together on Love & Other Drugs:. “We learned [on Brokeback Mountain] that were really good scene partners, and good at listening to one another.  We go much deeper with that in this movie.”