Hugh Hefner wants Nicole Kidman to pose for Playboy, according to reports.

The publication boss was inspired to approach the actress after watching her perform naked in a play in 1999.

Hefner said: “She’s bewitching and the vision of her with a cigarette in one hand and her knickers in the other as a delicious French au pair haunts my fantasies. I’d better add that she’s a terrific actress.”

Kidman's husband Keith Urban posed nude for Playgirl in 2001.