With Hulu’s trippy quasi-thriller 9 Excellent Strangers and a wild episode of Apple TV+’s anthology Roar as her most up-to-date TV jaunts, Nicole Kidman made an enormous transfer in teaming up with Yellowstone franchise co-creator Taylor Sheridan for one in all his myriad TV tasks by way of Paramount. She’s co-starring in Particular Ops: Lioness alongside a number of different heavy hitters, however solely after initially signing on as a producer with none actual intentions to get in entrance of the cameras, and revealed what made her change her thoughts about doubling up on her duties for the espionage thriller.
Paramount+ launched a brand new video featurette giving potential audiences some background information into Particular Ops: Lioness and the roster of abilities bringing it to life for the streaming service. And inside it, Kidman shares that it was the core casting selection that satisfied her to deliver her personal performing expertise into the combination. In line with the Huge Little Lies vet:
When Zoe signed on to play the lead, I used to be like, ‘That is nice.’ I wasn’t gonna be in it, after which I used to be like, ‘Effectively…’ It was too attractive.
Such a remark has to really feel good to know for Zoe Saldaña, who is great sufficient to go toe-to-toe with anybody in Hollywood, and definitely has in her profession to date. Since 2022 began, she’s been in movies that additionally starred Christian Bale, Ryan Reynolds, Margot Robbie, Dave Bautista, (fellow Sheridan acquainted) Sylvester Stallone and extra, whereas working with administrators James Cameron, James Gunn, David O. Russell and Shawn Levy. Some actors do not get that form of lineup of their entire careers. So when she noticed she had an opportunity to affix that record of thesps by locking down a job reverse Saldaña for Particular Ops: Lioness, it was apparently too good to show down.
Within the present, Saldaña performs Joe, who serves as a supervisor throughout the U.S. navy’s Lioness program, primarily based partly on a real-life CIA faction, whose function is to thwart terrorism. Joe is tasked with going undercover alongside a cockstrong Marine Raider named Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) to befriend the daughter of a strong suspected terrorist amongst “the facility brokers of State terrorism,” all with a purpose to cease one other 9/11-scale assault. This system is overseen by Kidman’s Kaitlyn Meade and Michael Kelly’s Donald Westfield, with Morgan Freeman additionally starring.
Particular Ops: Lioness, which additionally boasts Zoe Saldaña as an govt producer, will characteristic a pair of sequence regulars that Taylor Sheridan followers will acknowledge in Dave Annable (Yellowstone‘s Lee Dutton) and LaMonica Garrett (1883‘s Thomas). Different regulars embody Jill Wagner, James Jordan, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur, Hannah Love Lanier, and Austin Hébert. A number of forged members could be seen within the promo video beneath.
And for many who need to see everybody in motion with out all of the behind-the-scenes enjoyable, look no additional than the primary official trailer beneath.
Particular Ops: Lioness can be out there to stream with a Paramount+ subscription on Sunday, July 23, with the primary two episodes dropping without delay. Try what’s occurring with upcoming Yellowstone exhibits, and everybody can hit up our 2023 TV premiere schedule to see what else is hitting the small display quickly.
