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Nick Venable

Nicole Kidman Almost Said No To Starring In Taylor Sheridan’s Special Ops: Lioness. Why She Changed Her Mind

Kaitlyn Meade in Special Ops: Lioness

With Hulu’s trippy quasi-thriller Nine Perfect Strangers and a wild episode of Apple TV+’s anthology Roar as her most recent TV jaunts, Nicole Kidman made a big move in teaming up with Yellowstone franchise co-creator Taylor Sheridan for one of his myriad TV projects through Paramount. She’s co-starring in Special Ops: Lioness alongside several other heavy hitters, but only after initially signing on as a producer without any real intentions to get in front of the cameras, and revealed what made her change her mind about doubling up on her duties for the espionage thriller.

Paramount+ released a new video featurette giving potential audiences some background info into Special Ops: Lioness and the roster of talents bringing it to life for the streaming service. And within it, Kidman shares that it was the core casting choice that convinced her to bring her own acting skills into the mix. According to the Big Little Lies vet: 

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