Nicole Kidman's desert drama

Friday, 20 June 2008

Nicole Kidman had the worst experience of her life while she was taking part in a desert shoot for Vogue.

Nicole agreed to appear on the magazine's front cover to promote her new film Australia.

Hugh Jackman of X-Men fame is her co-star in the story of a beautiful aristocrat who has to drive a 2,000-strong herd of cattle across the Australian badlands.

Despite having to deal with several desert storms during the shoot the 41-year-old insists the elemental experience was liberating.

She says: "It's the roughest thing I ever had to go through. We got caught in a dust storm so bad we couldn't even see. Everybody lived out there for five days in these little silver tents. It was great."

Nicole Richie Vogue cover (WENN image)

The Moulin Rouge star is now back in New York and has found a new way of thwarting the paparazzi when she's out - her bodyguard lies down in the street to end car chases.

The pregnant actress was in no mood to pose for pictures on Thursday night after visiting the theatre with husband Keith Urban, but snappers waiting for her outside the Big Apple's Music Box weren't about to miss the
chance of getting a shot.

After hurrying out of the West 45th Street theatre at 11pm and trying to shoo the paparazzi away with an umbrella, Kidman, Urban, the actress' bodyguard Wayne and a driver sped off into the New York night in the back of an SUV.

Nicole Kidman (WENN image)

But the eager paps gave chase - and thought their luck had changed when Kidman's vehicle stopped.

Wayne stepped out and lay down on the ground between the SUV and the paparazzi - and refused to get up until Kidman and company were long gone.

One baffled photographer tells WENN: "It was unbelievable. We couldn't move. I've never seen anything like this. After about five minutes, this guy just got up, wished us all a nice evening and strolled off.

"You can only hope that Nicole pays this guy a fortune.

"That said, Wayne has a great pedigree in New York - he knows all the snappers and he's often seen with high-profile celebrities. He's an in-demand guy and, after tricks like this, you can see why."

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