Roman Residents Bar Kidman From Set

Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman was in Rome over the weekend shooting a commercial inside a historic apartment building when the residents there decided they weren't being compensated enough for their troubles.

The tenants were shocked to learn that the administrator of the building had agreed to a fee of only about $10,000. The people filled the courtyard of the Testaccio-area building, yelling and arguing with the crew while blocking access to the building. One tenant described the fee disgustedly as a "plate of lentils" (or, un piatto di lenticchie, as they say in Roma) while others noted the difference in the fee they were paid in comparison to what Nicole would be paid.

Nicole remained in her trailer as the residents negotiated a new fee of $42,000 for five days' use of their terrace, laundry and courtyard. They said the money would go towards reducing their utility charges this year.



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1. These money hungry Italians need to ease up.

Posted at 1:26PM on Sep 11th 2006 by spam

2. LOL Bunch of money grubbing wankers.

Posted at 2:02PM on Sep 11th 2006 by ZapZip

3. after her comments came out chatising angelina jolie about her not doing enough
she goes into rome with her crew and tries to short change the locals?
what's she doing with the large salary she's getting?

Posted at 9:11PM on Sep 11th 2006 by mandy

4. Ah Mandy, Nicole had nothing to do with short changing the locals. Blame the production company. And she did not chastise Angelina Jolie. You need to stop believing the gossip headlines and read the actual facts.
Just read a post on another board from one of the tenants, and he said that their issue was not Nicole, but not being made aware that there would be filming. He said Nicole was nothing but gracious and he posted a very nice picture that Nicole took with him.

Posted at 12:12PM on Sep 23rd 2006 by Jamie

5. Nicole will ultimately pair with a writer and she knows this. He'll be more striking than Tom Cruise and more soulful than Keith Urban. Musicians are an essential part of life, but they are not life. Would we quicker give up Mozart or Shakespeare? Nicole is on the rebound and rebounds are needed. The writer will not marry her. It won't matter. She will serve him. She will thrive with him. Nothing less is good enough for her.

Posted at 1:34PM on Sep 27th 2006 by jackson evarts

6. the botoxed product, produce another commercial;

she sucks

Posted at 8:54AM on Oct 12th 2006 by anna

7. i love naomi watts.. hate nicole.. but is it just me.. they're starting to look.. and sound alike........god nicole is so fugly

Posted at 3:50AM on Nov 13th 2006 by pam