Rabbit Hole was challenging, says Eckhart

Rome - Aaron Eckhart, starring as a grieving parent in the drama Rabbit Hole opposite Nicole Kidman, says he prepared for the movie by going to a grief group and watching video blogs of people who had suffered a loss.

Eckhart said on Monday that he can't even pretend to come close to the feeling of somebody who has lost a child as his character experiences in the film. He said he and Kidman tried to show how a couple can be intimate yet unable to communicate with each other at that point in their relationship.

Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole looks at how each of the parents copes with the loss of their four-year-old son and what impact it has on them as a couple.

The movie was presented at the Rome Film Festival.