Chainmail Bikini You Say?
February 13, 2011
Okay, so remember when Robert Rodriquez was going to direct Rose McGowan as Red Sonja? Yeah, that’s not going to happen. What is going to happen is apparently Simon West directing Red Sonja. That would be Simon “Con Air†West, though I would also have accepted Simon “Tomb Raider†West. Apparently, he’s been doing some TV stuff as well.
I liked Con Air and all, but it seems to have been an anomaly. I found Lara Croft: Tomb Raider pretty pedestrian, actually boring in parts. It totally failed to hold my interest, and that was even with Angelina Jolie in a tight shirt. He’s going to need to really up his game if he’s going to interest me in Red Sonja, which basically has the same assets as Lara Croft . . . well, that and it’s based on a sword & sorcery property that is tangentially linked to Conan.
And the young lady to play Red Sonja? Well, the producer wants Amber Heard, of whom I had not . . . heard. Sorry about that. Google image search tells me she’s an attractive enough young lady, but I don’t really see her as Red Sonja. She’d have to hit the gym a lot to make me believe she’s a warrior-woman.
So yet another “meh†response to big Hollywood news. Get yer shit together, Hollywood.
You can find my review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider here.
I think Kate Becksindale could pull it off.One of my co workers said he thought Tila Tequila would be awesome at it and I replied she would be really good handling the shaft…
Tila Tequila? Really? That co-worker needs to seek counselling immediately.
Kate Beckinsale might work–she’s very similar to Rose McGowan, Rodriguez’s pick–and I certainly wouldn’t pass up the chance to see her in a chainmail bikini!
Re: Amber Heard: Cute, but no.