--- title: Nicole Kidman Eats Bugs in This Riveting Video description: Watch Nicole Kidman elegantly devour a four-course meal made completely out of different types of bugs, ranging from worms to grasshoppers. canonical: https://time.com/5123930/nicole-kidman-bugs/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-29T22:22:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:11.473Z og:title: Watch Nicole Kidman Eat Bugs in This Riveting Video og:description: Microlivestock, anyone? og:url: https://time.com/5123930/nicole-kidman-bugs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb674f685154022/6988f9eddb2987510025e917/nicole-kidman-eats-bugs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Nicole Kidman Eat Bugs in This Riveting Video twitter:description: Microlivestock, anyone? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bb674f685154022/6988f9eddb2987510025e917/nicole-kidman-eats-bugs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No One Elegantly Devours a Four-Course Meal of Bugs Like Nicole Kidman > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 29, 2018 10:22 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 21: Actor Nicole Kidman attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 27522\_010 (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Turner) LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 21: Actor Nicole Kidman attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 27522\_010 (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Turner) Christopher Polk—Getty Images for Turner Image  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 29, 2018 10:22 PM UTC It’s a well-established fact that [Nicole Kidman](http://time.com/4945732/emmys-2017-reese-witherspoon-nicole-kidman-big-little-lies/) has discerning taste when it comes to food — who can forget, after all, her [critique](http://time.com/4774584/nicole-kidman-ellen-giada-pizza/) of Food Network star Giada DeLaurentiis’ apparently subpar pizza — but it appears that the [_Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/5117416/meryl-streep-big-little-lies/) actor’s cravings skew towards the wild side. In a _Vanity Fair_ video, Kidman reveals that her “hidden talent is eating microlivestock,” which basically means that Nicole Kidman has a knack for tossing down bugs, something that she sweetly reminds viewers, is something that “2 billion people in this world” do. To prove her point, Kidman delicately polishes off a four-course meal consisting of live hornworms (“moist, chewy, can’t quite describe the flavor”); live mealworms (“that is a fruity taste”); crickets (“like nothing you’ve ever tasted…like a hairy nut”); and finally, fried grasshoppers, which Kidman heartily endorsed (“these are amazing…exquisite”). “I’m telling you, I’d win survivor,” she said between bites of mealworms. Can’t argue with that. 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