Nicole bulks up on the Bridget Jones diet

She is renowned as one of the most svelte actresses in Hollywood, but all of a sudden Nicole Kidman is piling on the pounds. And like Renee Zellweger before her, it’s all for her art.

Just as Renee had to bulk up to play Bridget Jones, so Nicole has already put on 10lb for her latest film, The Reader. And the 40-year-old Australian actress is planning to double her weight gain in the coming weeks, according to sources on the movie, in which she stars alongside Ralph Fiennes.

“Nicole has said this is one of the most challenging film roles of her career,” a close friend said. “She is naturally very slim and loves to run and swim so she is always very toned. “The part she plays demands that she gets fatter throughout the movie as her character slips into middle age. “It’s a very demanding role because there are a lot of explicit lovemaking scenes. “The film is set over several decades so her character changes a lot. “Nicole was originally planning to use prosthetics but was told by the director, Stephen Daldry, that it would be more realistic if she gained the weight.”

Source: Daily Mail