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Kidman piles on pounds for new role

Nicole - Will play a post-war seductress
Nicole - Will play a post-war seductress

Nicole Kidman is following in the steps of 'Bridget Jones' star Renee Zellweger - by piling on the pounds for her latest film role.

The 40-year-old Hollywood star is said to have gained 10 pounds (4.5kg) in order to look convincing as a post-war seductress in ‘The Reader’, a romantic comedy co-starring Ralph Fiennes. The film is due for release next year.

A source told newspaper the Daily Star: “She loves her new bosom, but she finds eating so much a struggle and it is making her sleepy.”

Zellweger famously shot up three dress sizes to play unlucky-in-love Jones.

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