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In the upcoming The Tourist, Angelina Jolie plays an Interpol Agent who lures an American tourist (Johnny Depp) into danger in order to trap a criminal. The part was originally set to be played by Charlize Theron, but eventually went to Jolie. In an interview with Vogue, Jolie described her attraction to the project.
I was looking for a very short thing to do before Brad [Pitt] started filming [Moneyball], and I said I needed something that shoots not too long, in a nice location for my family. Somebody said there’s a script that’s been around, and it shoots in Venice and Paris. And I said, “Is it a character I haven’t played before?” And they said, “Yes, it’s a lady.”
With Jolie aboard and Theron out, a replacement was required for the departures of Bharat Nalluri and The Lives of Others, she felt that the German director was right for the job.
I couldn’t believe it that he was open to doing it, and then we found out that Johnny was open to doing it. So what was always this tiny idea to do a little film in Europe suddenly became this . . . bigger movie.
Von Donnersmarck agreed, mostly on the intrigue of working with Jolie. “Literally, she gets every single script that has a female role aged between eighteen and 40,” von Donnersmarck told the magazine. “Every script. And she just follows her feeling, holds her own counsel. She’s probably the only global megastar that doesn’t even have an agent—she doesn’t even have a publicist.”
Here is a chance to go to Paris to meet Johnny Depp & Angelina!
The winner of “MTV’s The Ultimate Tourist Guest Correspondent Contest” gets the chance to travel to The Tourist junket in Paris to interview Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie and The Tourist filmmakers! All people have to do to enter is submit a video (under :60 seconds) telling MTV why you should be chosen as their guest correspondent.
All we ask of you is to go and post the link of the contest (TheTourist.MTV.com) to your website with the text (Enter The Ultimate Tourist Guest Correspondent Contest on MTV.com for an opportunity interview the cast & filmmakers from The Tourist. Go to TheTourist.MTV.com for Official Rules and to enter now.) so all of your members will know about the contest and enter to have a chance to win before the contest ends on November 4, 2010. We would also like to encourage you yourself to enter the contest!
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and District of Columbia who are at least the age of majority at time of entry. Contest starts 3:00pm (ET) on October 8, 2010 and ends 11:59pm (ET) on November 4, 2010. Contest subject to Official Rules available at http://TheTourist.MTV.com. Contest sponsored by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. VOID IN ALASKA AND HAWAII AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Could “The Tourist” be planning a last-minute trip to the Academy Awards?
That’s the first thing I thought of when I learned the Johnny Depp-Angelina Jolie had circled Dec. 10 as its release date. Directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck (“The Lives of Others”), “Tourist” is a romantic spy drama about an American (Depp) who enters into an affair with an international spy (Jolie). What sounds like a classic Hitchcock scenario is actually lifted from a 2005 French film titled “Anthony Zimmer.”
Though the release date certainly suggests an Oscar hopeful – late dates mean pictures stay fresh in Academy voters’ minds – The Playlist writes that those who believe this “haven’t read the script,” which they describe as “enjoyable” but “fluffy” and “escapist entertainment” that compares to Robert Downey Jr. in “Sherlock Holmes.”
Perhaps that means the Golden Globes will bite on Depp and Jolie for nods so that they can add glamour to the HFPA’s annual celebration.
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