20 Things You Didn't Know About Eyes Wide Shut
4. A Typical Tabloid Tornado
During the filming of Eyes Wide Shut, reports began circulating of problems with Cruise and Kidman's marriage. It did not help of course that the plot is largely focused on the theme of infidelity and extramarital sex.
The Guardian reported in early 1999 that Cruise and Kidman were suing the US Star Magazine for an article in which it was claimed that the couple had to have sex therapy in order to 'manage' the steamier love scenes Kubrick required of them. Their frustration didn't end there - the Express were also piling on the paper-selling scandals:
"In October (1998) the couple sued and won damages from the Express for having falsely claimed that their marriage was a 'hypocritical sham' undertaken either to conceal their homosexuality or as a business arrangement."
The couple divorced in 2001.