Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep Have “Big Little Lies ”Reunion at AFI Award Gala

The 'Big Little Lies' costars reunited at 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala on Friday, April 26

Calling all Big Little Lies fans!

Nicole Kidman reunited with her costars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep as the actors supported her for her big night as an honoree at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26.

The trio were pictured catching up at the event — where Kidman, 56, received the Life Achievement Award during the ceremony — as they gathered to celebrate the actress, five years after appearing together in the hit HBO drama Big Little Lies.

Witherspoon, 48, also gave a speech in tribute to her former costar and friend Kidman at the gala as fellow guests Zac Efron, Naomi Watts and Kidman's husband Keith Urban also joined in giving speeches honoring the actress.

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The reunion comes less than a year after Kidman told Vogue Australia in January that her teen daughter, 15-year-old Sunday Rose, recently watched Big Little Lies and was ready for her to make a third season.

"She has a very good understanding of things, and life, so she was hand-held through it," Kidman said, noting there were still scenes where she instructed the teen to look away.

“And she was like, ‘No. There’s no more discussion. The third series has to happen… I’m sick of the talk. Sick of circling it. Just get it done.’” she laughed. “You need a teenager to go, ‘Enough. Just do it.’”

In November 2023, Kidman teased the possibility that a third season of the limited series is on the horizon while taking part in an undisclosed fan event, as seen in a video shared on Instagram by DeuxMoi.

“I loved Big Little Lies because it sort of came along at a time in my life when I had my children, and I was thinking I was going to retire, and then this situation came along, where Reese Witherspoon and I were able to produce that show,” Kidman said. “And then all of you watched it and made it a massive success.”

“And we will be bringing you a third one, just FYI,” the star then added.

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Big Little Lies premiered in 2017 and was based on Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name. It starred Kidman, as well as Witherspoon, 48, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz in the lead roles.

The series followed the lives of a group of wealthy parents in Monterey, California, as they dealt with a murder that affected their community. A second season followed in 2019, with Streep, 74, joining the cast as Kidman’s on-screen mother-in-law.

The show also starred Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Kathryn Newton, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling, among others.

Though both seasons of Big Little Lies were praised by fans and critics alike, one of the series' stars said that a third season was not in the cards after the death of season one director Jean-Marc Vallée, who died of a heart attack at age 58 in December 2021.

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During a GQ video interview. Kravitz, 35, said, "We talked about doing a season 3 a lot. Unfortunately, Jean-Marc Vallée, our incredible director, passed away this last year. It's heartbreaking."

She continued, "I can't imagine going on without him. He really was the visionary for that show. Unfortunately, it's done."

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Back in 2019, HBO president Casey Bloys said a potential third go didn't seem possible for a different reason.

“I love this group of people — I would do anything with them,” Bloys told TVLine at the time when asked about the prospect of a renewal. “But the reality is, they are some of the busiest actresses working in Hollywood. ... I just think it’s not realistic.”

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