Apr 18 2008 Remaining 'G.I. Joe' Character Shots Revealed
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In a flood of black spandex and patent leather, the remaining character shots from G.I. Joe have arrived at WWTD. The series of awkwardly-posed shots give us a first look at the costumes for Duke (spandex with some panels strapped to it, faint goatee), Roadblock (same), Cover Girl (Halloween USA's Sexy Militant costume), Storm Shadow (an '80s coke dealer's couch as a biker jacket), Baroness (a formfitting tacky purse), and Hawk (leather jacket drenched in self-loathing). Looking at them did nothing to inject any confidence in the project, but it was pretty worthwhile to see supermodel Karolina Korkova and Dennis Quaid compete for Best Come-Hither Over-the-Shoulder glance.
Feb 6 2008 Model-Cum-Actress To Play Model-Cum-Militant
Like passengers boarding a sinking ship, yet another performer has joined the roster of the big screen G.I. Joe, in a role we didn't even know was being cast. Supermodel Karolína Kurková is rumored to be filling the role of Cover Girl in the coming film adaptation of the popular toy/comic/cartoon/veiled-jingoist-propaganda franchise. For the uninitiated, Cover Girl is apparently a former model that--in an effort to eschew being dismissed as "just another pretty face"--joined the decidedly unfeminine ranks of the military and eventually G.I. Joe (similar to how Kurková herself, to show she's more than just a pretty face, is totally getting into acting, and probably singing).
With this increasingly expansive cast--now adding obscure model characters--are the writers just throwing darts at the "COLLECT THEM ALL!" guide on the back of the old G.I. Joe toy cards to decide who to include? It's only a matter of time before we see The Fridge, Sgt. Slaughter, or that guy that for some reason has a crocodile.
Such a large cast for a movie based on toys... Good thing this is being handled by the director of The Mummy Returns or I'd worry the characters might appear woefully underwritten.
Thanks to Kevin for this one.
