The “Big Little Lies” actress admitted she has one sharp skill in her tool belt during Monday’s appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kidman, 58, told the talk show host she took her latest role<\/a> as a medical examiner seriously and learned how to perform an autopsy.<\/p>\n Nicole Kidman revealed a special skill she learned to play a medical examiner in her new role during an interview with Jimmy Fallon. (Todd Owyoung\/NBC)<\/p>\n When Fallon asked if Kidman was a “method” actor, the Aussie star confirmed<\/a>, “I can do an autopsy.”<\/p>\n “I can, yes. If I needed to, I could do the autopsy,” she continued. “I can remove all the organs. I can name them all.”<\/p>\n Kidman confessed that Fallon’s team asked her to perform an autopsy on the show, much to his surprise.<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n Nicole Kidman told Jimmy Fallon she knows how to perform an autopsy. (Todd Owyoung\/NBC)<\/p>\n “Maybe it was on a dummy or something, but either way, I don’t think that would have been a very \u2026 I don’t think you would have liked that, right?” she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n “But I can remove the lungs, the liver and the gallbladder and the intestines.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n Kidman noted that her new skill is just “part of the job,” before explaining how she trained for her role in “Scarpetta.”<\/p>\n “I worked with an incredible medical examiner, and I studied him,” she revealed.<\/p>\n Kidman stars as Dr. Kay Scarpetta in the new thriller, a character “who is coming back to her job after 30 years, and there\u2019s a parallel story of the two crimes<\/a> that have happened in present day and 30 years ago.<\/p>\n “That\u2019s the beginning, and then there\u2019s all the family drama<\/a>. If you like crime thrillers, which there is a ton of people out there who like crime.”<\/p>\n Nicole Kidman filed for divorce from Keith Urban in 2025. (Francis Specker)<\/p>\n Kidman’s gearing up for a busy year in front of the camera with a slew of projects slated for release, including “Practical Magic 2” with Sandra Bullock and the return of “Big Little Lies.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n In January, the “Moulin Rouge” actress finalized her divorce from ex-husband Keith Urban after nearly 20 years of marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the settlement<\/a>, Kidman, 58, was assigned as the primary parent to their two minor daughters. Urban will have “parenting time” every other weekend unless otherwise stipulated.<\/p>\n Neither party received alimony, and child support was set at $0. The Academy Award-winning actress filed for divorce<\/a> in September, citing irreconcilable differences.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Nicole](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/nicole-kidman-fallon.jpg\")
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