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Christina Ricci drops the chain and instead snaps the Mach 5's seat-belt around her waist!!!
Hey there. Quint here again. Warner Bros sent out a short interview with Ricci where she talks about her character... Thought you might be interested...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another bit of good casting news on the Wachowski Bros' big screen adaptation of SPEED RACER.
They've just cast Christina Ricci as Trixie, Speed (Emile Hirsch)'s girlfriend. John Goodman and Susan Sarandon are already onboard as Speed's parents.
This project is just bizarre to me. I've said it before... it's just weird this exists... and it keeps attracting interesting people.
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I feel lame, but I've never done this once in 10 years.
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They should get one of the Olsen twins to play the monkey.
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...is the reason I grew into a healthy straight male. She was underage.... so was I..... it doesn't get any better than that.... AHH, childhood.
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Then again, the Wachowski Brothers are just plain werid, espceially that Larry Wachowski.
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...would be the only reason for me to see this flick.
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They should have cast Elisha Cuthbert as Trixie.
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sounds like a cost cutting move in the special effects department - a bold move if if ask me
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The only reason to watch any movie.
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ricci in black snake moan was the only reason to watch that too......havent seen it yet but im sure watching christina ricci chained up runnin round in her panties HAS to be good
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This is gonna be insane!
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...is if at least half of the movie is dedicated to full widescreen HD closeups of Ricci's naked crotch, with the occasional loving pan up to the chesticles.
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Gorgeous and interesting. Not a common mix.
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After all of this, it better look damned cool.
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Not crazy about Sarandon at all. Too old. I sorta thought Speed's mom was hot too. Not as hot as Trixie, of course. I have to agree that Elisha Cuthbert would have been a better choice as SHE is, in fact, VERY hot.
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... sore thumbs!! OH NOES! Welp.. count me in.
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DAMN YOU WEDNESDAY!!
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Hmm, remember when Trixie was blonde for a while in the American version? Reminded me of Kristy Swanson...
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That is just my opinion.
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I'd hate to say it, but Jim Belushi might actually be a good choice for Pops. Given Speed's age, the only two people I can see as Racer X are Joaquin Phoenix and Heath Ledger... or MAYBE Keanu... if he was a much older brother. Hehe. Give Sparky to Topher Grace. He'd be great.
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Or something like that.
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straight up her poop chute
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Time was, you used to see chimps and other apes on TV and in movies all the time. Hell, back in the 50's there was a chimp anchorman on the Today Show! And let's not forget the 60's and Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp... a veritable Justice League of lower primate talent. Those were the glory days! The Evolution Revolution was on the Billboard charts, and chimp actors (and actresses) were respected and living the good life! The good times continued into the 70's with Any Which Way But Loose and its sequel with a fine pongoloid performance that brought a new generation of young turk Orangutans into the Hollywood limelight. Alas, these glory days were soon to end, however, as ape actors fell out of favor in the 80s. An Attempt to revive the genre in the 90's with Dunston Checks In proved to be a misguided death knell. Computer technology also had a hand as when Peter Jackson, casting for the lead in King Kong, hired a human being in a motion capture suit hooked up to a bank of computers to bring the legendary beast to cinematic life. Personally, I think this is a slap in the face to struggling ape actors everywhere as well as an example of speciesism run rampant. Thankfully, we are long past the days when an African American is played by a caucasian with shoe polish on his face, or an Asian by an English actor with a rubber band around his head to pull his eyes into a slant. Using a computer to play an ape is equally discriminatory. It's an outrage that demands justice! I propose we start a petition right now. Let's gather signatures and send them to the Wachowskis demanding that Chim-Chim be played by an actual ape actor. If they refuse and instead use computers and a guy in a motion capture suit, I say we boycott the resulting cinematic atrocity! APE POWER NOW!
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... now THAT would complete a perfect cast.
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You know it's coming, and you know Vin Diesel already has a cameo in it.
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...All too easy. *force activates carbon freeze*
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yes indeedy
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I did not think anyone would remeber that great thespian/spy/rock star from the seventies. Kid Z - you made my day! Yes, he would have been the definitive Chim Chim. No Olsen twin jokes here though.
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Although, it's too bad she had to start starving herself to get these roles. Damn you Hollywood!
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Are they going to bring up that "Racer X was, in actuality, Speed's older brother, who had run away, years ago..."
Who will be Spridal? And please Ms. Sarandon, keep your dirty politics out of the movie!!! -
...with that giant head of hers. Eh, she'll be fine. The source material isn't exactly a sacred text.
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Joy.
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No kidding:
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I'll get the ball rolling right now. Feel free to jump in. I would have thought Dennis Farina as Pops Racer, but who knows.
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the age of pops and who they cast as speed. I wish they had cast an older pops and older speed racer and called this movie a new adventure or something...
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Suck huge TAINT
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Perfect.
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...that when the lights come up at the end of this movie (for those of you who go to see it) you'll be sitting there thinking, "What the hell was *that* supposed to be?"
Which is pretty much what I was doing after each of the two Matrix sequels. V for Vendetta was a little bit of an improvement but not enough to really get me excited about a Speed Racer movie. I (along with everyone I know) stopped watching the cartoon at the age of four. -
Sold.
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There's gonna be some serious wind drag with the top down.
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Guess I should've read some postings before I threw out my "big head" joke. As overused as Sulu anal jokes at the Shatner roast.
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Is Hollywood so out of ideas that they keep on continuing to make sequels and live-action versions of cartoons?
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"It's my way...or the highway."
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first
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...fivehead?!!? (chortle!)
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Cause her last few films have bombed. Nothing wrong with a few tankers in your career. She may have hoped that being poster cahined to a radiator may have worked wonders....Black Snake, what now?
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Fat harvey weinsteing sat on for five years and ate before spitting out on DVD. It was that Wurtzel lady's book. Prozac nation. I think?
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...You, Sir, are my new favorite human. "Chesticles" indeed!
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...she's way too old. The guy playing Speed was old enough, but Ricci is even older still. Weren't these characters, at most, 16? I do like the casting and I think the movie will turn out boss from what I've heard so far, but I think the age will kind of spoil the iconic image of the characters. Maybe you guys don't care, but it has to be said. I guess everybody will be CGI deyoungified. Reeves too, if he is Racer X, is awesome, but he's over 40 by now. Sarandon and Goodman are about to keel over, now that I mention it, though I love them.
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Should be played by a midget Puerto Rican with Tourettes. Just, ya' know.....for kicks.
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The one I want is... THAT GIRL!!!
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My one criticism is that they didn't show her breasts ENOUGH!
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Really u guys think she's hot? OH well i do believe she's a talented actress but Hot? oh well i guess it's a matter of personal taste
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but is Larry Wachowski still a dude, or is it Linda?
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1. So I guess Trixie is now going to be modernized by being a melancholy sourpuss?
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Because thats how they make films.
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"I LOVE how she's, like, down for... whatever... ADVENTURE they've gotta do." BWAH-HA-HAAAAA!!! Funny stuff! :) Maybe she'll voice "Sweet Polly Purebread" for the Underdog film, too.
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But Ricci DOES have a big ass head...not that I was looking at her head.
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If Ricci doesn't look too old, neither would Cook. She looks like a living anime character, to boot. Something about Ricci always makes me want to smack her. Kind of smug-looking or something.
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not fapworthy AT ALL.
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pop and iconic. V made me think they can pull a very interesting visual look off. Although, I'm still trying to figure out why the heck Speed's parents are involved and of course the mention of "modern tension" always causes one's eyes to roll.
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She should work well. Besides, any excuse to see Ricci on a big screen is a welcome one. ;) She's got beauty & then some. Nearly identical to a girl I used to date.
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Ricci's 8head gotta eat!!!!
But, yeah, I'd drop a load on that noggin.
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Thanks, I'll be in the TINO talkbacks all week.
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Hey, you might as well start now, because the hate for this movie is coming.
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http://womenarenotatats.ytmnd.com/
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The only thing that really pisses me off about this: when I first saw it, I thought the topic read "Christina Ricci drops her top..."
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I hardly doubt -- unless this was a live action show on the Disney Channel -- that anyone would buy into a 16 year old driving the most advanced car in the world in major racing events around the globe. I don't know why people alway think of Speed being SO young, even looking at the cartoon. He and Trixie were youthful, but they're clearly NOT teens. They're early to mid 20-somethings...Racer X is more like a full grown man, 30-ish...and Pops is still vigorous in his early 50's. Which is EXACTLY the age casting we're seeing so far.My only gripe is Sarandon. She's actually OLDER than Goodman, by about 6 years. Someone above noted Speed's mom was clearly a babe, too, so I would've preferred a hotter MILF in her Forties as opposed to someone who has now officially entered her SIXITES (and yes, Sarandon has) and who's OLDER than Pops...
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