We’re not ones to peddle in rumors and gossip, but this one was worth too much to pass up. The Post’s Reliable Sources reported the following today on Nicole Kidman, in town filming a new alien thriller, which we publish un-edited:

The script of “The Visiting” — an alien-epidemic thriller due out next year — called for Kidman’s character to race into the Cleveland Park station, some kind of evil in pursuit, and hop the fare gates to catch a Red Line train.

Not so fast, said Metro — that’s against the rules! So after negotiations between transit officials and filmmakers, yesterday’s shoot included a character newly added to the script: a police officer who says, “Ma’am, you didn’t process your Farecard.”

It was all about maintaining order, Metro explained. “We had to make them say something so people know they’re not supposed to do this,” spokeswoman Taryn McNeil told The Post’s Lyndsey Layton.

Well, we suppose we’re slightly relieved that Metro employees are fair-minded enough to know that no one — no one — gets in a station without their $1.35. And sure, this also serves as a cheap public education campaign for Metro, discretely tucked into a multi-million dollar thriller.

Now, if they want to be truly realistic, only one escalator would work, and someone would be standing on its left side; the train would be delayed; and someone else would be crowding the center of the rail-car and using available seats for bags, umbrellas, and other personal items. It doesn’t make for a good get-away scene, but at least it’s closer to the truth.