Tom Cruise is still speaking highly of ex-wife Nicole Kidman, even nearly 25 years after their divorce.

During a recent interview with Sight and Sound (via The Independent), the actor looked back at his 1999 film, Eyes Wide Shut, and how he recommended Kidman be cast as Alice Harford in the Stanley Kubrick-directed erotic thriller, opposite his Dr. Bill Harford.

“I flew out to his house, and I landed in his backyard. I read the script the day before and we spent the day talking about it. I knew all of his films,” he recalled. “Then it was basically he and I getting to know each other. And when we were doing that, I suggested Nicole play the role [of Alice]. Because, obviously, she’s a great actress.”

Cruise was particularly passionate about the film as he also told Kubrick, “Whatever it’s going to take [to make the movie], we’re going to do this,” despite...