Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman is expected to come to china to promote her latest film "The Interpreter".

The star is gaining popularity in China, with her role in Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai's mega hit "Lady from Shanghai" going into production and her parts scheduled to begin shooting in June.

The political thriller "The Interpreter", by Sydney Pollack and also staring big names Sean Penn and Catherine Keener, will premiere in China on April 22nd.

Kidman is set to play a South African U.N. interpreter who overhears a conversation involving an assassination that could topple a government.

She is paired with a skeptical FBI agent, played by Sean Penn.

(Agencies)

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