Novel Character Breaks Fourth Wall to Suggest Nicole Kidman for Miniseries Role
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The Onion Staff
A bagel-shaped object. The form is there, the soul isn't.
Summary
A local woman from Aurora, IL discovers that the protagonist in the novel she's reading directly addresses the reader, expressing hope that Nicole Kidman would play her character in a potential HBO Max miniseries adaptation. The fictional character, Allegra Winthrop, comments on how a particular scene would be "juicy" for the actress portraying her.
Key quotes
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"preferably Nicole Kidman, who would really knock it out of the park"
"says Allegra Winthrop, Newport, RI, housewife and protagonist of the buzzy new novel Three Cliffs"
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