Zoe Saldana reveals why she initially turned down the offer to work with Nicole Kidman on Lioness
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Zoe Saldaña is the latest Harper's Bazaar cover star. In the accompanying interview she revealed that she initially turned down her role in the hit show Special Ops: Lioness, which also stars Hollywood heavyweight Nicole Kidman. The 46-year-old Golden Globe-winning actress plays head spy Joe McNamara in the thriller, which first aired in July 2023.
![[In the accompanying magazine interview Zoe revealed that she initially turned down her role in the hit show Special Ops: Lioness, which also stars Hollywood heavyweight Nicole Kidman]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/19/94401983-14313589-In_the_accompanying_magazine_interview_Zoe_revealed_that_she_ini-a-138_1737573927264.jpg)
Zoe confessed that she was initially opposed to portraying her character, chief of the CIA's Lioness sector, due to their opposing temperaments. 'I didn't feel I was cut out for it,' she explained of McNamara's routine behavior, which is in contrast to Saldaña's free spirit. 'I was convinced that I was going to fail.'.
![[The 46-year-old Golden Globe-winning actress plays head spy Joe McNamara in the thriller, which first aired in July 2023]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/19/94401979-14313589-The_46_year_old_Golden_Globe_winning_actress_plays_head_spy_Joe_-a-137_1737573927263.jpg)
One year later she changed her mind and circled back to series creator Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone). 'He responded immediately, and he was like, "We're f*****g waiting on you,"' she recalled. Zoe Saldaña is the latest Harper's Bazaar cover star. In the accompanying magazine interview Zoe revealed that she initially turned down her role in the hit show Special Ops: Lioness, which also stars Hollywood heavyweight Nicole Kidman.
![[The 46-year-old Golden Globe-winning actress revealed her pert chest in a sheer dress by Saint Laurent, baring her nipples]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/19/94394929-14313589-The_46_year_old_Golden_Globe_winning_actress_revealed_her_pert_c-a-136_1737573927263.jpg)
The 46-year-old Golden Globe-winning actress plays head spy Joe McNamara in the thriller, which first aired in July 2023. In conversation with journalist Kaitlyn Greenidge, Zoe spoke of her struggle with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which she says has contributed to a lifetime of what she described as 'restlessness.'.
![[Inside the pages of the glossy, Zoe opened up about feeling isolated as a child after becoming a New York transplant in the Dominican Republic. Following her father's premature death when she was just nine-years-old, her grieving mother sent her and her two sisters to live with family on the island.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/19/94393855-14313589-Inside_the_pages_of_the_glossy_Zoe_opened_up_about_feeling_isola-a-142_1737573927667.jpg)
'I was always off,' Saldaña said about her neurodiversity. 'When you have a child that has ADHD and is dyslexic and has a lot of energy and doesn’t sit still and is unable to listen, you think that it’s on purpose. I just remember asking myself, "Why don’t I fit in? Why do I do this?".
![[The Hollywood veteran posed in a Dolce & Gabbana trench coat and Wolford tights]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/19/94393843-14313589-The_Hollywood_veteran_posed_in_a_Dolce_Gabbana_trench_coat_and_W-a-141_1737573927666.jpg)
