Star Wars star was snubbed
Replacing Angelina Jolie is hard. My local theatre production ofCarmenwas disastrously thrown off track when I found out the woman I was in talks with through Craigslist to play the lead turned out not to betheAngelina Jolie, butanAngelina Jolie.
Still, Hollywood needs its money and surest bet is just rebooting a series that a decade ago pulled nearly half abillionat the box office — especially after the series said films were based on itself has just had a successful reboot in the latest twoTomb Raidergames.
It seems that things didn’t work out forLara hopeful Daisy Ridley, most recently known as the lead (Ladyparts Skywalker? I haven’t seen it) inStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Variety reports Swedish actor Alicia Vikander will don the tank top. Vikander was reportedly always the number one choice for the role (though Ridley auditioned); the only thing holding up the signing was a new script draft.
Vikander recently won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress inThe Danish Girland she’s also the robot in good-ass movieEx Machina.
