Since a tiny role as the Green Fairy in 2001’s Moulin Rouge, Kylie Minogue has largely concentrated on maintaining her pop career (and staying healthy after her battle with cancer) rather than film. She’s cropped up voicing Florence in The Magic Roundabout film, and of course co-starred on the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special. But now it looks like she’s ready to return to the big screen, snatching a role in Bradley Rust Gray's **Jack and Diane.
An unusual tale of two lesbian teenagers (Juno Temple and Riley Keough) who fall for each other in New York, but must face the prospect of one of them leaving and, er, becoming a werewolf (metaphorically rather than literally. We think.), Jack & Diane is not your standard romantic drama.
Minogue, according to the New York Post (via The Playlist), will join the film to play Tara, a heavily tattooed lady who loves ladies herself. A distinct change from her usual performance, but considering that her last major film role was the absinthe fairy, we’re not sure there’s much of a template here.
With Jena Malone and** An Education**’s Cara Seymour also in the cast, Jack and Diane is shooting right now and is set for release next year.