Slumdog Star Calls Nicole Kidman "Strange"

Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has wasted no time taking Hollywood's elite to task.

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In her new book, Slumgirl Dreaming: Journey to the Stars, the nine-year-old calls the Australian actress "strange."

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In the 192-page memoir, which was written by a journalist who followed the young star for six months, Ali discussed her recent acting job in which she and Kidman costarred in a Ridley Scott-produced French commercial for Schweppes beverages. (Ali played a small child captivated with Kidman's Indian princess character.)

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"I really liked her, but she was very quiet and didn't speak much," Ali said in the book, adding that Kidman stayed in her trailer during the entire shoot reportedly to avoid sun exposure. "I think she was a bit shy."