Nicole Kidman on Exploring 'New Territory' With Taylor Sheridan in 'Special Ops: Lioness' (Exclusive)

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Nicole Kidman is diving into «new territory» with creator Taylor Sheridan's latest Paramount+ series, Special Ops: Lioness.Inspired by a real-life U.S.

military program, the series follows the life of Joe (Zoe Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror.

The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Michael Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of state terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.Kidman initially joined the project solely as an executive producer, but later agreed to take on a major role in the series in front of the camera after Sheridan tailored the character of Kaitlyn for her. «We loved [].

Loved it, watched it, ate it up but [I] was a huge fan of Taylor's film work in terms of and so it was really exciting when he said, 'I really want to do this with you as a producer.' And then he said, 'I can write you something that will be a supporting role… but you'll be pivotal,'» the 56-year-old actress told ET at the London premiere of on Tuesday.«I really wanted to say his dialogue and I really wanted to be a part of it because of Zoe and Laysla [De Oliveira] and I've never done anything that was about the CIA or espionage,» Kidman continued. «There’s such a muscularity with this show so that was new territory for me and exciting.