United Kingdom, March 4 -- Nicole Kidman learned how to perform an autopsy for her new TV show.

The 58-year-old actress plays forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta in upcoming series Scarpetta and she learned how to remove organs from a body to analyse how a person died as part of her research into the role.

Speaking on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, she said: "I can do an autopsy. I can, if I needed to, I can do the autopsy. I can remove all the organs, I can name them all...

"I can remove the lungs and the liver and the gallbladder, and I can test them."

Asked how she learned, she added: "It's part of the job, I worked with an incredible medical examiner and I studied them."

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