Zac Efron Opens Up About Playing Nicole Kidman’s Lover Again 12 Years After The Paperboy: “There’s a part of me that pinches myself when I realize who I’m working with a lot. I think that was more pronounced during The Paperboy because I was a lot younger. I was very nervous back then.”

> One thing has remained the same, though, no matter what’s on the page. “I’m still so enamored with Nicole,” Efron says. “There’s a part of me that pinches myself when I realize who I’m working with a lot. I think that was more pronounced during The Paperboy because I was a lot younger. I was very nervous back then.”

> “It’s really helpful when you’re doing this sort of work together that you’ve already got a history together, because it’s easy,” says Kidman. “You’re not working to create a history. So I’m not like, ‘Can I touch you?’ I feel incredibly trusting of Zac.”