The year was 1989, and a very young, fresh-faced Nicole Kidman was on her way to becoming a household name in the entertainment industry. This was also the pre-Tom Cruise Days of Thunder, Far and Away, and Eyes Wide Shut era of the early to mid-90s that almost took her career in the wrong direction. When she landed the lead role of Rae Ingram in director Phillip Noyce's Dead Calm, it would prove to be a breakout performance that put everyone on notice that she would be around for a while. Here we are, 35 years later, and she is still regarded as an A-lister and one of the top talents in Hollywood. But what may have caught many by surprise is that she was nearly outshined by a young American actor, Billy Zane, whose run as a psychopath stranded at sea was almost as noteworthy as the star turn for Kidman.