This Just In: Edgar Wright Up Against Elisabeth Rappe for 'Tomb Raider'!
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Universal, RumorMonger, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek
I guess the best place to start would be from the beginning.
See, filmmaker Edgar Wright has been steadily photo-blogging his exploits on the set of his potentially (probably?) awesome Scott Pilgrim adaptation, revealing casting decisions by having his actors conceal their faces with portraits of their respective characters.
With a wink and nudge, Cinematical then 'exclusively revealed' that its own Elisabeth Rappe had been cast as the new face of Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider sequel/reboot.
Well, in a twist of meta-blog-a-go-go proportions, it appears that Wright himself has stepped up for the role, as indicated by this most recent casting announcement blitz-o-rama-tacular.
In a prepared statement, Rappe had the following to say: "I was genuinely looking forward to playing Lara Croft. I had put in hours of physical training, had the required plastic surgery, and had performed numerous sexual favors in order to secure the role. However, if the studio is looking to go in another direction, I understand. I wish Mr. Wright well -- I know he has better legs than I do, and I have no doubt he'll make a fantastic Tomb Raider."
Your move, Ed.
In related news, our own Scott Weinberg was recently cast in Frost/Nixon 2. He'll be playing Nick Frost and Nick Frost will be playing Cynthia Nixon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-20-2009 @ 10:52PM
Jeff said...
This was a terrible joke. I don't mean "Oh, your terrible" I mean its not funny or clever like you seem to think it is. You put a random person behind a picture, then revealed it was a random person. You guys don't have faces to us, just names.
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2-20-2009 @ 10:53PM
William Goss said...
Who do you think you are, The Playlist?
2-21-2009 @ 1:42AM
Reuben said...
I quite enjoyed it. Perhaps you're being just a tab too harsh.
Either that or you really are as dickish as your comment makes you appear.
2-21-2009 @ 12:56PM
SOS said...
The shirt's Waylon Jennings
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2-21-2009 @ 1:48PM
andrew said...
lmao. this is great. nice idea guys. also elisabeth in the photo has a similar look to claire forlani no?
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2-21-2009 @ 1:43PM
Shaun said...
HAHAHA Edgar Wright is hilarious! I love his production blog, it's become the first page i go to once i'm on the computer, (then straight to Cinematical of course!)
All jokes aside, isn't that like real casting news on his post? Michael Cera is THOR! that's such an obvious choice though....
And that hidden cast member was Brandon Routh! I knew it, haha. Jason Shwartzman! that's so cool, i met him once before and he was a really nice guy, i'm glad to see his back in Toronto.
I'm so excited for "Scott Pilgrim vs The World", i'm only so-so with the original books as i'm reading them right now, but i'm much more excited in this movie. Good luck Edgar! Make us Torontonians proud!
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2-21-2009 @ 2:21PM
Moo said...
HAHAHA, Jeff's a tool. This is pretty damned funny and I'm glad that Edgar ran with it. Good stuff on what has otherwise been a quiet couple of days.
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