Nicole Kidman Goes for the Fat(ter) Look

Nicole Kidman is the last person in the world you'd expect to express a desire to become slightly more rounded in certain strategic areas of her body. The Australian actress, known for her slim figure and beautiful porcelain skin is however gorging on chocolate and pasta to fatten up - not because she's unhappy with her looks, but for her latest movie.

The beautiful actress has reportedly already gained 10lbs, which will allow her to get in the shoes of a middle-aged woman for her upcoming movie "The Reader", which is based on a best-selling German novel which deals with the emotional repercussions of the Holocaust in World War II. In the movie, Nicole plays a Nazi camp guard named Hanna who ends up having an affair with a teenage boy and is later put on trial for war crimes.

Nicole, it seems, is going the same way as Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger. The former put on a staggering 30 pounds in order to depict Aileen Wuornos, the Daytona Beach prostitute who became an infamous serial killer. The latter also piled on 30lbs - going from a size six to a 14 - for her lead role in the "Bridget Jones' Diary" by eating a lot of pizza, peanut-butter sandwiches, fast food and drinking Guinness beer.

Wondering just how is Nicole doing it? Well, by sticking to a four meal-a-day calorific diet of puddings, protein shakes and carbohydrate-rich foods. A friend of the actress stated that "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, it would be more realistic if she gained the weight".

Well, trust Nicole to put in a lot of work in a project like this - and it seems that there is at least one aspect of gaining weight that Nicole is definitely enjoying. "It's not usual to see her work her way through a big plate of pasta, with bread, and then a dessert" her friend adds. "Nicole loves her new bosom, but she is finding eating so much makes her lethargic and sleepy". The way I see it, it's a win-win situation: Nicole has some time to enjoy her larger breasts, while we can look forward to seeing her performance (and larger boobs). Anyone senses another Oscar is on the way?