Nicole Kidman Set for Guest Starring Role on FOX's EMPIRE?

By: Oct. 05, 2015
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In the October issue of Interview Magazine, EMPIRE scribe Lee Daniels spoke to actress Nicole Kidman, whom he directed in 2012's THE PAPERBOY, and hints that the actress may be the next big name to make a guest appearance on the hit FOX drama.

Daniel told Kidman, "I want you on my set," to which she replied, "You promised me I would be there one day." Daniels later teased, "Whenever I'm with you, I get this energy like we're being naughty. And naughty is controversial."

Read the interview in full here!

The Moulin Rouge star would join a star-studded line up of guest appearances on the music industry-themed series, including Mariah Carey, Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei.

Kidman currently takes on the role of Rosalind Franklin in the UK première of Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51. Her theatre work includes The Blue Room (Donmar Warehouse and Cort Theatre, Broadway - Evening StandardAward, Olivier Award nomination).

For television, her work includes Hemingway & Gellhorn (Emmy nomination, Golden Globe nomination); and her extensive film work includes To Die For (Golden Globe for Best Actress), Days of Thunder, Moulin Rouge! (Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical), The Others (Golden Globe nomination, Saturn Award), The Hours (Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe for Best Actress and Berlin Silver Bear), Cold Mountain, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Stoker, Rabbit Hole (Golden Globe for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination), The Paperboy and Paddington. Upcoming films include Strangerland, Queen of the Desert, Genius, Lion and Secret in Their Eyes.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos



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