India, May 11 -- Tom Cruise has made a rare comment about his ex-wife, actor Nicole Kidman. In an interview with Sight and Sound, Tom Cruise spoke for the first time about suggesting Nicole's name to Stanley Kubrick for their film Eyes Wide Shut. (Also Read | Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas fuel romance rumours with second appearance in London. See pics)

Tom Cruise spoke about his collaboration with Stanley and how Nicole's came up. "It was a great experience. I was very excited to do it. I knew Stanley's movies very well, and I was introduced to him through Sydney Pollack. So Stanley called Sydney 'cause he wanted me to make a movie. He sent me a fax. I flew out to his house and I landed in his backyard."

The actor added, "I read the scrip...