The casting reports on The Counselor have been a cavalcade of stars, from Michael Fassbender to Brad Pitt to Javier Bardem and many more. The “many more” notably includes Angelina Jolie, who was either looking at the female lead or a smaller role to fit around her Maleficent schedule, depending on which report you read. The latest from Twitch says dark horse candidate Cameron Diaz swooped in and landed the role of Malkina that Jolie was after. The script by Cormac McCarthy (author of The Road and No Country for Old Men) centers on an attorney (Fassbender) who teams with Reiner (Bardem) to sell $20 million worth of cocaine. The Playlist describes Malkina as “a hyper-sexualized Argentinean woman who’s hooked up with Reiner… a meaty part.” If director Ridley Scott was willing to consider Jolie and Diaz, he may be flexible on that Argentinean part. But Diaz is still far from the obvious choice for this type of role, so for now, I’ll give the 40-year veteran the benefit of the doubt and assume Scott knows what he’s doing. Production on The Counselor is scheduled to begin in June.
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“a hyper-sexualized Argentinean woman who’s hooked up with Reiner… a meaty part.”
^ should have been sofia vergara
“I’ll give the 40-year veteran the benefit of the doubt and assume Scott knows what he’s doing. ”
umm. don’t you mean 40-year old?
and she hasn’t turned 40 yet.
ridley scott is the 40 year veteran
Thank God, Angeline is not in a Ridley Scott movie
I wonder why Scott didn’t cast Charlize Theron after working together in Prometheus. I believe she is in a different league than CAmeron Diaz. I actually kind of find Diaz scary looking these days and her voice is annoying.
Cameron Diaz’s acting is as exciting as sex with a condom.
I have read THE COUNSELOR and there is no way she can handle that part. She hasn’t got the acting chops to back it up.
It is complicated part. The character is alluring yet sociopathic. Beautiful yet bloodthirsty. Also, the character is supposed to be crazy hot. Diaz hasn’t been that since THE MASK.
I wasn’t sure about Jolie for the role, but Diaz is a huge let down. It’s a great script.