How Nicole Kidman tricked Jay Leno into using a rude Australian slang term

Nicole Kidman is known for her class, poise, and elegance. 

But the Australian actress also has a cheeky side, which she showed off in a classic Jay Leno interview many years ago.

Speaking to Vanity Fair this week, Russell Crowe revealed that Nicole once tricked talk show host Jay Leno into saying the Aussie slang term ‘crack a fat’ on his show.

To ‘crack a fat’ means to have an erection.

‘She said it and Jay kept repeating it over and over again, and Nicole realised the hole she’d dug herself into,’ Russell explained. 

‘Jay kept saying things like, “We’ll be right back after this break to crack a fat with Nicole Kidman” and that sent Nicole into giggles.’

He added: ‘Because crack a fat means getting an erection!’

Russell was discussing Australian and New Zealand slang terms with Vanity Fair.

The 56-year-old actor is currently promoting his road rage thriller, Unhinged. 

And in exciting news, there are currently rumblings of a sequel to Russell’s most iconic film, Gladiator.  

Doug Wick, who produced the original 2000 film, said that director Sir Ridley Scott is attempting to make a sequel, but it is proving to be a challenge because nobody wants to make another movie just for the sake of it.

He told ComicBook.com: ‘Ridley would love to do it. It’s really all about getting something on paper.

‘Everyone [involved with the original] loves the movie too much to ever consider cheaply exploiting it and making something that’s a shadow of it.

‘It’s just really a clear creative problem, working on a script, and if we can ever get it to a place … Ridley’s working on it, it’s really just a question of whether we can get it to a place where it feels worthy to make it. It’s a real challenge.’ 

Plans for the sequel come despite lead character Maximus Decimus Meridius – played by Russell – being dead.