Kidman in 'Australia': Bull by horns and then some

Baz Luhrmann's new film "Australia," is a sweeping historical epic and will star Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown and David Wenham. It is in pre-production and ready for an April start. Nicole Kidman for the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California Sunday 25 February 2007. EPA/SEAN MASTERSON

Nicole Kidman for the 79th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California Sunday 25 February 2007. EPA/SEAN MASTERSON"[Those] films share something in that they take a heightened emotional story and use the landscape to kind of amplify it. They're mythological pieces, and that's what I'm making," Luhrmann informed The L.A. Daily News.Now, Luhrmann's lead Nicole Kidman learned how to round up cattle and castrate bulls in preparation for her latest movie role, according to a British newspaper."I don't know if I'll have to do that, but it's best to be prepared," Kidman told the Daily Mail of her newly acquired skills ahead of filming on location for Luhrmann's World War II epic, Australia.Kidman plays an English aristocrat who inherits an enormous cattle ranch."In seven weeks, I'll be riding a horse and chasing young bulls," Kidman said.