The Undoing and Big Little Lies share a network (HBO), a writer (David E. Kelley), a star (Nicole Kidman) and a conceit (wealthy moms in crisis!).

But that’s pretty much where the project’s similarities begin and end, maintain Kidman and her Undoing director Susanne Bier.

The fact that Bier has a “very different” visual style than Big Little Lies‘ respective Season 1 and 2 helmers, Jean-Marc Vallée and Andrea Arnold, allows The Undoing to stand on its own, Kidman tells TVLine, adding, “That’s the beauty of great filmmakers.”.

Bier acknowledges that she had seen both seasons of Big Little Lies prior to taking on The Undoing.

Another parallel between the two dramas: Like The Undoing, Big Little Lies was initially conceived as a limited series.

And talk of a potential third season is picking up steam, especially with Kidman making the media rounds for The Undoing.

Kidman tells TVLine that the pair shared “a tidbit” of that idea with her, but she’s reluctant to share it because “you never know what it will end up as.”.