Christina Ricci tired of playing tortured souls
Christina Ricci has revealed that she wants to concentrate on family films in the future.
The actress said she is tired of playing tortured souls and enjoyed the opportunity to star in her first action movie Speed Racer.
She is quoted as saying:
“I wanted to do a kids’ movie again. I wanted to do a family film. There are so many family movies for kids but they don’t actually teach you anything.”
“Speed Racer really stresses integrity and morals and a love of family, and that’s something I think is really important and a trend we need to bring back.”
Ricci played a nymphomaniac in Black Snake Moan, the lesbian lover of a serial killer in Monster and a damaged teen in films such as The Ice Storm and Prozac Nation.
Speed Racer - Synopsis, Movie Stills and Poster
Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” will showcase the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.
Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless.
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His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer - whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5.
Speed Racer Trailer
Speed Racer is a movie for the entire family that will come out in 2008. It is a live action film adaptation of the Japanese animated series Speed Racer from the 1960’s. The movie is directed by the Wachowski brothers with Emile Hirsch as Speed and Christina Ricci as Speed’s girlfriend, Trixie. Susan Sarandon and John Goodman portray Speed’s parents.
And I bet you can’t wait to see it once you have seen the trailer for Speed Racer. Read the rest of this entry
