India, Oct. 10 -- Simply seeing a celebrity in front of one's eyes for decades on end, doesn't actually give fans insight into their personal struggles. And Nicole Kidman's divorce is a live case of that. In a Vogue interview dating back to August of this year, the actor, 58, had cryptically hinted at some major oncoming changes in her life.

Weeks later when she filed for divorce from husband of almost 20 years, Keith Urban, her statements carried a sinking gravity. During the chat with Wendell Steavenson, who profiled her for the magazine, Nicole had actually had a very perceptive response to the question about being in her 50s. While pegs like this always tend to be templated with responses about how young and full of life people feel,...