Aug 12 2008Jolie Replaces Cruise in 'Salt', Will Require Pronoun Overhaul
Hollywood is so progressive, man. Tom Cruise was going to star in this spy movie, but then Hollywood was all, "How about Angelina Jolie instead? Because gender does not matter, at least compared to how many adorable infants you've had on the cover of magazines, and Jolie's got that one in the bag." From Variety:
"Edwin A. Salt" is about to undergo a gender change.Once expected to star Tom Cruise, the Columbia Pictures espionage thriller will be redrafted by screenwriter Kurt Wimmer as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie. Philip Noyce remains attached as director and Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash are producing.
Jolie is close to a deal to play the title character, a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence.
Thank god someone has finally broken through the glass ceiling specific to the movie Edwin A. Salt, which will now presumably be renamed something with a woman's name.
Reader Comments
1. Nick - August 12, 2008 6:17 PM
Edwina Salt?
2. wendy - August 12, 2008 6:56 PM
Veruca Salt
3. Caly - August 12, 2008 8:25 PM
Plus, now they won't have to miniaturize the set so the lead actor doesn't look like a dwarf.
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5. Dudearona - August 13, 2008 9:14 AM
Hey hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. this is Angelina Jolie we're talking about.
She played a lesbian supermodel in Gia.
She played a one eyed pilot in Sky Captain in the World of Tomorrow
She played a video game character (with a british accent)
Who's to say she's not donning a prosthetic penis for this movie?
She's already taller than Tom Cruise, she may as well beat him in masculinity as well. (not that that's hard to do)
6. Quase - August 13, 2008 9:41 AM
Damn it #1, you stole my joke... Well, I guess half the readers here (8 people) thought of it as well...
7. Ariella - August 13, 2008 9:56 AM
something looks wrong with her lips in that picture
8. leeeshka - August 13, 2008 10:55 AM
@8 - Something looks wrong with her lips in EVERY picture.
9. Uncle Eccoli - August 13, 2008 11:05 AM
Take that, Scientology!
10. lala0428 - August 13, 2008 12:05 PM
Tom Cruise's career is just about over. I'm starting to feel sorry for him, oh wait he's still has hundreds of millions of dollars, so nevermind.
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11. Jeremy - August 13, 2008 12:29 PM
"...a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence..."
Isn't that basically the plot "Shooter," "The Fugitive," and a ton of other movies?
12. Stuey - August 13, 2008 3:27 PM
OK ANGIE, when the shit hits the fan, you have been training long enough with all of these roles....you are obligated to save the world.
13. jaime - August 13, 2008 5:26 PM
the writter will just have to go to edwinsalt.doc, Edit>Find & Replace and do
edwin-edwina
his-her
he-she
etc.
Easy!
what will be really interesting will be the scene where jolie has sex with the Salt Girl (as in Bond Girl)
14. ToniJed - March 3, 2009 4:35 PM
How about Jennifer Salt? LOL