Michelle Rodriguez to play transgender assassin in new movie
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Michelle Rodriguez will go under the knife for Tomboy, A Revenger's Tale, the gender-swapping action movie to be directed by Walter Hill.
Sigourney Weaver is already on board to also star in the project, being produced by Said Ben Said (Map to the Stars) and Michel Merkt of SBS.
The script, written by Hill from a story by Denis Hamill, centers on an ace assassin who is double-crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as "The Doctor," who turns him into a woman. The hitman (now a hitwoman) sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie, who also has secrets.
Rodriguez is to play the hitman while Weaver is the scalpel-wielding doctor when the cameras roll Nov. 9 in Vancouver.
The project initially made the rounds at TIFF and had Frieda Pinto involved. Pinto is no longer involved.
She is a pretty well known member of the LGBT community and brings buzz to the project it is a smart move that escalates this above a simple indie film.
She is a pretty well known member of the LGBT community and brings buzz to the project it is a smart move that escalates this above a simple indie film.
this was never going to be an indie movie
it has sigourney weaver in it and is a big budget film
Don't try it with this tumblr logic. It's called acting and if Michelle can portray the part in the way that suits the directors and producers desires then that's the only credentials she needs.
Did you read the description? It's a forced reassignment surgery. Lol. So the character isn't technically transgendered. Not in the mental/emotional sense. I can't imagine many trans people wanting to portray that.
AM HERE FOR IT.