Nicole Kidman says she and her "Lioness" castmates, including Morgan Freeman, have developed a demanding pre-scene ritual to keep up with the density of the scripts Taylor Sheridan writes for the CIA thriller, running through their lines together and quizzing each other on the meaning of nearly every word before cameras start rolling.

Speaking at Paramount 's "The Icons of Taylor Sheridan's Universe" event in April, Kidman described the sheer level of preparation required to make Sheridan's dialogue feel natural on screen. "We have to understand every single thing we're saying," Kidman said, describing the scripts as dense and the process of fully absorbing them as a significant undertaking each episode.

Kidman said that before filming key scenes, she, Freeman and co-star Michael Kelly regularly run their lines together, then work through the material further to make sure every term and reference actually makes sense to them. She described the process as needing to become second nature, saying dialogue has to come across as though it's language the actors would naturally use every day, even though much of the show's specialized CIA and military terminology is far from their normal vocabulary. Kidman said she and........

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