Naomi Watts enjoys a trip to Universal Studios in Los Angeles with her family and visits a King Kong exhibit after starring in the hit film: ‘When your teen catches you eyeing an old flame’
British-Australian actress Naomi Watts starred in the hit film King Kong back in 2005.
And this week, the 53-year-old Hollywood star enjoyed a visit to Universal Studios in Los Angeles with her family and walked past an exhibit about the movie.
Naomi, who is based in New York, shared a picture with son Sasha, 14, playfully wrestling her next to a display of King Kong.
‘When your teen catches you eyeing an old flame’: Naomi Watts enjoyed a trip to Universal Studios in Los Angeles with her family this week and visited a King Kong exhibit after starring in the hit film
Clearly clowning around for the camera, Naomi posted the picture to Instagram and captioned it: ‘When your teenager catches you eyeing an old flame.’
Behind the pair stood Naomi’s other child, Kai, 13.
It was while working on the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong in 2005 that English born Naomi first met and fell in love with her children’s father, co-star Liev Schreiber.
Like the 1933 original, King Kong is a romantic adventure story about fortune hunters who discover a gigantic ape living on a mysterious island. They capture the beast, return to New York and turn the poor creature into an ‘exhibit’.
In the story, the enormous primate, kidnaps and ‘falls in love’ with a would-be movie star played by Naomi Watts.
It’s his devotion to her that eventually seals his fate.
Beauty and the Beast: It was while working on the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong in 2005 (pictured) that English-born Naomi first met and fell in love with her children’s father, co-star Liev Schreiber
Happy family: The couple, who never married, were together 11 years before separating in 2016, and amicably co-parent their children
The couple, who never married, were together 11 years before separating in 2016, and now amicably co-parent their children.
Naomi met current partner American actor Billy Crudup while working together on the Netflix series Gypsy in 2017.
Beginning her career in Australia, Naomi had a mid-career surge after struggling to find international success when she was lauded widely for her spectacular performance in David Lynch’s Mullholland Drive in 2001.
She won further acclaim as a tortured mother in 21 Grams for which she was nominated as Best Actress Oscar at the 2004 Academy Awards.
Three years ago Naomi won more accolades as a journalist fighting toxic masculinity in the Showtime mini-series, The Loudest Voice.
Latest role: Naomi Watts is pictured in The Loudest Voice, the powerful Showtime mini-series about what went on behind the scenes in the early days of Fox News
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