Nicole Kidman added another skill to his repertoire – and it was totally unexpected.
“I can do an autopsy,” Kidman, 58, said while promoting her upcoming show Scarpetta during the Monday, March 2, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“Are you the way, Nicole Kidman?” the host Jimmy Fallon he asked, to which Kidman replied, “Yes, I am.”
Kidman explained that she fully embraced the role of pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, down to the finest and worst details.
“I can remove all body parts,” the A lioness The actor also commented about making fake corpses in the series. “I can call them all.”
Kidman said Fallon, 51, asked her if she was “willing” to test him The Tonight Showdenying it. Kidman responded twice, saying Fallon’s team reached out to her about it and she thought it was a tough question.
“Unless I misunderstood. Maybe it was a dummy or something, but still,” he laughed. “I can take out the lungs and the liver and the gall bladder and the intestines.”
Fallon asked Kidman how she learned about the human body and postmortems so quickly. “Because it’s part of the job, I’ve worked with an amazing inspector, I’ve learned from him,” he revealed.
Kidman serves as an executive producer on Scarpettaalso with stars Rosy McEwen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Amanda Righetti, Ariana DeBose, Savannah Lumar, Bobby Cannavale, Jake Cannavale, Simon Baker again Hunter Parrish. Sosie Bacon, Charlie B. Foster, Janet Montgomery, Stephanie Faracy, Georgia King, Mike Vogel, Thiya Sircar, Anna Diop again Graham Phillips are also set to appear.
“It’s a medical examiner who returns to his job after 30 years, and it’s the same story of two cases that happened in the present and 30 years ago,” teases Kidman. “That’s the beginning, and then there’s the whole family game. If you like crime games, that’s a lot of people who like crime.”
Scarpetta is based on the book series of the same name by Patricia Cornwell.
“As Scarpetta pursues justice, he must navigate complex relationships, including a tense one with his sister Dorothy Farinelli, confront long-held professional and personal grudges, and confront secrets that threaten to unravel everything he’s built,” reads the show’s official line.
The thriller is one of several projects Kidman has worked on following her divorce Keith Urban. Kidman is kept busy Virtual Magic 2, Margo Has Money Problems, Big Little Lies season 3, A lioness season 3, Girls and Their Horses and has more currently in the works. (The actress and Urban, 58, finalized their divorce in January after 19 years of marriage. They share two daughters, Sunday, 17, and Faith, 15.)
“Don’t mess with Nicole Kidman. She’s the best at everything. She’s beautiful,” Fallon praised Kidman for staying busy in her career.
Scarpetta It premieres March 11 on Amazon Prime Video.
