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Pop singer Kylie Minogue is not bothered that the music stardom
she enjoys in Britain and Australia has eluded her in the United
States but says she fantasises about a credible film career.
Minogue, 40, who got her start more than 20 years ago as an actress
in Australian daytime soap Neighbours, admits she has definitely
done the wrong things when it comes to her limited movie career and
would love to do more films.
In an interview to promote her first US tour later in the year, the
Grammy-winning singer said she dreams of a director crafting a role
for her the way musician Nick Cave developed their 1996 alternative
rock duet and music video for Where The Wild Roses Grow, which was
quite a contrast to her pop roots.
"(Cave) saw me in a totally different way, believed in me and had
this idea and a vision for a number of years before he contacted me
and we worked together and it was just absolutely perfect," Minogue
said.
"My daytime fantasy is that there is a director somewhere who will
be thinking that kind of way but putting it into the context of the
film," she said.
"I would love to do more movies. I really got waylaid and
sidetracked. I started out as an actress and I thought that's what
I would do."
Her first feature movie role was in The Delinquents in 1989, which
was followed by a handful of roles, including 1994's Street Fighter
with Jean-Claude Van Damme, 1996 comedy Bio-Dome, and a small part
in 2001 hit Moulin Rouge.
She also had a dream come true earlier this year when she worked
with Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire composer AR Rahman by
performing one of his songs in a Bollywood film.
Minogue's career also includes a lingerie line, perfumes, linen,
and a children's book.
USA at arms length
But it is music that shot Minogue to stardom in Britain, her native
Australia, Europe and Asia, where she is simply known as Kylie,
with 10 studio albums and a string of awards, including a 2004
Grammy for Come Into My World.
While her US success has been limited, Minogue says she is not
concerned - she is more frustrated by an assumption that her career
is not complete without it.
She is perhaps best known in America for her album Fever,
released in the United States in 2002, where it reached No 3 on the
charts.
"It doesn't frustrate me," she said.
"It's frustrating being asked about it and the assumption that
it's something really missing in my career and in my life.
...
"It just so happens that I live in London and my time is spent more
throughout Europe and then there's the Asian connection through
Australia but the USA has remained at arms length."
Minogue unveiled plans this week for her first North American tour,
which starts in San Francisco on September 30 and takes her to Las
Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and New York, where a second
show has been added after the first show sold out in less than an
hour.
"I wanted to finally make it here for the fans that are here," she
said.
"They are not that great in numbers as far as the USA goes but
they have been so loyal and patient."
Minogue also said she has also started working on her 11th studio
album - very gingerly.
"(It will be) pop, dance, that's my thing," she said.
"I'd love to find a slightly new style, something that's the next step for me. I kind of have an idea but I can't really tell you. I'm working on it."
