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ANGEL’s Lightning Lass, Alexa Davalos, Is The Female Lead In Frank Darabont’s Cops-And-Gangsters L.A. NOIR Pilot!!

Alexa Davalos, who memorably restored the title character’s heartbeat on Joss Whedon’s vampire detective series “Angel,” has landed the female lead in Frank Darabont’s period cops-and-gangsters pilot “L.A. Noir.”
The series is about the associates and pursuers of 1940s Hollywood gangster Mickey Cohen (still uncast for the pilot, but played in “Bugsy” by Harvey Keitel). It’s based on John Buntin’s “L.A. Noir: The Struggle For The Soul Of America’s Most Seductive City.”
Davalos will star in “Noir” as Jasmine, a hottie with baggage, opposite Milo Ventimiglia (“Heroes”), Jon Bernthal (“The Walking Dead”) and Neal McDonough (“Justified”).
Darabont, writer-director of period prison dramas “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile” as well as “The Mist,” masterminded AMC’s “Walking Dead” series until he was fired last summer.
Darabont first worked with Davalos on “The Mist,” in which she was cast as grocery store clerk Sally. She played Kyra in “The Chronicles of Riddick” and Andromeda in “Clash of the Titans.”
On the fourth season of “Angel,” Davalos recurred as sexy Gwen Raiden, who could subdue foes and romantic conquests aliike with her lightning powers.


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First and really looking forward to this show
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she needs to get a tan
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though those angel eps were 10 years ago! She was in the mist. good to see darabont keeping track and employing those people he's worked with before. loyalty it seems pays off with this man.
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Also, what with Darabont's involvement, and my love for James Ellroys's LA Quartet (which includes LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia) I'm REALLY looking forward to this.
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Nothing to see here...
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like Kate, definitely feel like Gwen's character was a missed opportunity on Angel. I liked when she returned in the comics.
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Kate and Gwen should've been utilized more in Angel. Missed the comics, though. -- I loved her character on Chronicles, though I don't think they should have made Jack as pretty, since she wasn't in Pitch Black. No offense to that other actress.
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but Gwen was a shit character in bad episodes, so it was difficult to accurately gauge if she's any good as an actress.
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Since he's been in every one of Darabont's films
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That's bigger news than this lovely lass being cast in it. Hopefully he learned something about TV pacing and will knock this one out of the park.
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Yeah, yeah...I know it's not based on the game.
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Shame she's not up to your standards, huh? -Namaste-
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And she can vamp it up (not an Angel reference) really well. She'll be great in the show. It's so sad she has no idea how much she wants me.
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March 17, 2012, 2:58 a.m. CST
Fell in love instantly when I first saw her in Chronicles of Riddick
by Al
Yeah, I love this chick. totally watching this show now for sure.
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She was also in that show Reunion. I liked that show a lot, and she was pretty hot in it as was Amanda Righetti.
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You prefer nice tits on a guy?
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That John Goodman is stacked!
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Not sure whether I should sad or happy this isn't based on the video game...
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