--- title: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Make Great Work Buddies description: The two actresses, who are filming season two of 'Big Little Lies,' have been sharing updates from set, to the internet's delight. canonical: https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-12T20:37:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:07.153Z og:title: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Photo Thrills Internet og:description: Kidman and Witherspoon are currently filming season 2 of Big Little Lies og:url: https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Photo Thrills Internet twitter:description: Kidman and Witherspoon are currently filming season 2 of Big Little Lies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Are Filming Season 2 of _Big Little Lies_ and People Can't Even Deal > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=300007c7-69c9-4613-8a00-473c43d9b261&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 12, 2018 8:37 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 12, 2018 8:37 PM UTC Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon are back on the set of [_Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/4722273/big-little-lies-finale-review/), filming season two of the [critically-acclaimed HBO hit.](http://time.com/4945732/emmys-2017-reese-witherspoon-nicole-kidman-big-little-lies/) And people are thrilled about it. This time around, they’re joined by their previous costars — [Laura Dern](http://time.com/5047683/star-wars-the-last-jedi-laura-dern-bb-8-playing-video/), Zoë Kravitz and Shailene Woodley — as well as the incomparable [Meryl Streep](http://time.com/5117416/meryl-streep-big-little-lies/), who is stepping in to play Kidman’s mother-in-law. But it’s the behind-the-scenes action that’s bringing fans nearly as much joy as the thought of the finished product. In particular, Witherspoon’s latest Instagram post from set, which shows her and Kidman along with the very fluffy (and appropriately-named) Jolly the dog, has sparked an outpouring of happiness amongst followers of the two actors. (As for Jolly? “He has the best hair of all the cast,” Witherspoon noted of the well-groomed pup.) Not only are both of the actresses costars on the show, they have also been recently vocal advocates for the [Time’s Up](http://time.com/5102698/oprah-times-up-cbs-sunday-morning/) movement and for issues like advancing opportunities for women’s stories in Hollywood. _Big Little Lies_ season two is expected to begin streaming on HBO [sometime in 2019.](http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/big-little-lies-season-2-why-hbo-decided-to-renew-it.html) Until then, we await more updates featuring Jolly. > [](https://twitter.com/prasejeebus/status/984462398915596288) > [](https://twitter.com/nicolskidman/status/984491196671234049) > [](https://twitter.com/LibbyJett/status/984463134168580096) > [](https://twitter.com/nicxlekidman/status/984212024950493185) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/"},"headline":"Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Are Filming Season 2 of Big Little Lies and People Can't Even Deal","datePublished":"2018-04-12T20:37:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:07.153Z","description":"Their other best friend is a well-groomed dog named Jolly","url":"https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5238498/nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-big-little-lies/","name":"Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon Are Filming Season 2 of Big Little Lies and People Can't Even Deal"}}]}] ```