Carla Gugino to Play a Porn Star
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I don't know a guy or a girl who doesn't have a crush on Carla Gugino. Somehow the Top Whatever Sexiest of Whatever Lists have all passed her up in favor of, like, that girl from 7th Heaven, but she'll always have a spot toward the top of my sexy list. Gugino will take on the legendary (and original) Silk Spectre in Watchmen this spring, and a couple of months ago she played one of them rough-sex types in Righteous Kill -- but now ... well, now she's taking sexy one step further in the form of a porn star. Wait, strike that ... a pregnant porn star! Hot! Variety reports that Gugino will star in Elektra Luxx, which -- get this -- is a sequel to an ensemble comedy called Women in Trouble, which never found distribution. Yeah, so why not make the sequel when the original never had a chance to fail? As previously mentioned, Gugino will play a porn star whose life gets turned upside down when she discovers a bun in the oven. Joining her in the cast are Tim Olyphant, Alicia Silverstone and Justin Kirk. Oh, but writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez isn't stopping there, and although filming on the second film is now underway, plans are already in place for a third installment tentatively called Women in Ecstasy. Unfortunately, we may never have a chance to see it ... or its previous two installments.
That brings up a good question: Has a sequel ever hit theaters before (or instead of) the original?
Update: Check out two images of Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx after the jump.
Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx
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Actress Carla Gugino attends the 2008 Comic-Con International on July 25, 2008 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at Matthew Rolston
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at Matthew Rolston
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 10: Actress Carla Gugino attends Louis XIII Black Pearl's book party for Matthew Rolston's "BeautyLIGHT" at the Wallis Annenberg Cultural Center on November 10, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Carla Gugino
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Actress Malin Akerman, Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Actress Carla Gugino arrive at the Spike TV
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at the Spike TV
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at the Spike TV
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at the Spike TV
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at the Spike TV
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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at the Spike TV
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-16-2008 @ 2:55PM
Matthew said...
*sigh* I think High School Musical 3 has that honor.
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12-21-2008 @ 6:12AM
Brad said...
WOW!!! Carla Gugino's sex tape here:
http://celebcvid.com/video.php?v=Carla_Gugino_sex_tape
12-16-2008 @ 3:05PM
ZM said...
I would argue that Antonio Banderas' "Desperado" comes closest, since "El Mariachi" had such limited distribution. I know I wasn't aware Desperado was a sequel until well after I had seen the movie.
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12-16-2008 @ 3:12PM
Juan Carlo said...
I think YOUNG GUNS 2 has the closest honor, since I barely rememeber the first one.
TRIVIA: Sebastian Gutierrez, a fellow Venezuelan, is Gugino's beau.
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12-16-2008 @ 7:31PM
lw said...
I did not know The Road Warrior was the sequel to Mad Max until after the fact. I can't remember, but did Mad Max have a big theater run over here back in the day?
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12-17-2008 @ 5:47AM
nadia said...
the project sound interesting, i always loved Gugino well since the 'Karen Sisco' TV show.
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12-17-2008 @ 2:19PM
Jay said...
What about Star Wars?
Tech, the 4th installment of Lucas' epic....
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12-21-2008 @ 6:54AM
mike said...
Her real sex tape she likes it in every hole also see other celebs
ViewPornography.com
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12-21-2008 @ 9:02AM
Matthew Modica said...
Brad....why don't you crawl back under your rock and die! Every time I read the posts on an article I have to see some BS post by you...WOW...SOMEBODIES SEX TAPE HERE!!!...Get a life, no one wants to see you "tapes" and I hope are not dumb enough to click on your link and get zapped by some virus. Just die already so we don't have to be subjected to infantile posts such as yours!
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12-21-2008 @ 9:04AM
Matthew Modica said...
MIKE....See recent post to Brad...I think it needs to include you also!
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12-21-2008 @ 10:11AM
Sevin said...
Every gal is sexy these days and every other guy is a hunk. The same goes for heroes and miracles. It has gotten to the point where there are no longer enough superlatives to go around. Yes, you get it, the mundane, the normal and the earthly are all but a long lost memory when life was normal and accolades really meant something_
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12-21-2008 @ 11:30AM
Kathy said...
How about "Silence of the Lambs"? "Manhunter", (the original and best version) was little known until after the success of Lambs.
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12-21-2008 @ 11:48AM
Manfred said...
I believe The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) fits into this category. I don't think the first movie, Mad Max, was shown here until the success of The Road Warrior, and then only on the art house or revival circuit.
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12-21-2008 @ 12:25PM
Chris said...
sorry, your wrong about Mad Max. i saw it in its original theater run,here in the states,in a major(at the time) theater in 1979. no, it didnt do well at the box office,but it WAS released here in the states well before The Road Warrior. matter of fact, when Raod Warrior was released, myself and a lot of people i knew and did not know,knew it was a sequel to Mad Max.
12-21-2008 @ 2:24PM
Manfred said...
Thanks for clarifying, Chris. Which brings up a question: Was the version you saw in the theater already dubbed with an "American" voice for Max, or with the original Australian accent?
12-21-2008 @ 6:15PM
Mariluz 100 said...
All they're showing here are her sexy pictures but I guess
she's such a good actress that people have forgotten about her when she was on the PBS Masterpiece Theatre mini serie The Bucanneers, she wa excellent. She also played the role of Maggie in Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" on Broadway and the reviews were pretty good. She' an excellent actress but for some reason she's always under the radar.
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12-21-2008 @ 9:03PM
Fred Harris said...
HOLY CRAP...SHE'S HOT!!!
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12-22-2008 @ 7:11PM
FirChlis said...
What a person decides to do is their issue not ours.
Re: the forum:
Brad's download is a waste of time. Avoid it!
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