Nicole Kidman is following in the steps of Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger - by piling on the pounds for her latest film role. The Hollywood beauty, 40, is said to have gained 10 pounds in order to look convincing as a post-war seductress in The Reader, a romantic comedy co-starring Ralph Fiennes, due for release next year.

A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "She loves her new bosom, but she finds eating so much a struggle and it is making her sleepy."

Zellweger, 38, famously shot up three dress sizes to play unlucky-in-love Jones.

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