Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are alike in more ways than one. 

In fact, Jamie Lee revealed it was their journey as parents that acted as the catalyst for their connection while filming Scarpetta. 

“We both are the mothers of two daughters,” Jamie Lee—who shares Annie Guest, 39, and Ruby Guest, 30, with husband Christopher Guest—explained in an exclusive E! News interview at the Prime Video show’s New York premiere. “We share that we both have a respect and a professional appreciation for the fact that we get this life, that we get to do this job, and that from that comes responsibility.”

Indeed the 67-year-old shared that she and Nicole—who is mom to daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15, with ex-husband Keith Urban—both recognized their mutual responsibility in getting projects like Scarpetta, a thriller based on Patricia Cornwell’s novel series, made. 

“We are employing people,” Jamie Lee, who plays Nicole’s sister in the series, continued. “We are bosses and making that example for people, so I think that’s crucial.”