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Saturday
10Oct2009

Kristen Bell To Do 'Burlesque' with Christina Aguilera

DateSaturday, October 10, 2009 at 7:01PM
Kristen Bell continues to parlay her modern day Carole Lombard thing into big movie roles. Attractive and possessing a rare self-effacing sense of humor among young actresses (as her discussion of her lazy eye on Craig Freguson last year would attest), Bell has been seen in the past couple of years in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and in this weekend's Couples Retreat, and has a leading role in next year's rom-com When in Rome.

Now Bell will diversify her portfolio a little bit, landing the bad girl part opposite Christina Aguilera in the upcoming dancing drama Burlesque. Stanley Tucci and Cher are also attached to Xtina's star vehicle, in which she'll play small town girl blah blah blah big city dance club blah blah blah makes it anyway.

As for Bell, Reuters writes that she'll play "the loose-cannon lead dancer and main attraction at the club who spirals out of control when Aguilera's character suddenly gets the spotlight."

It's a wise move for Bell, I think. She's proven she can do the romantic comedy thing, and there's no reason to become the next Kate Hudson. And I have a hunch that because of Veronica Mars, she has a lot more male fans than some of the other queens of that genre, so it's good to get out and do something different while she can.

Plus, if it fails, it's not her movie but Aguilera's so if it's not a a memorable performance or the movie completely tanks, it's easy to segue back to the safety of romantic comedies, even if it's just for a little while.

Burlesque is scheduled for a Thanksgiving opening next year.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment3 Comments |

Reader Comments (3)

I really like her, she's really cute and seems real, not only that she's hot too lol
-the film sounds cool too, kinda a new plot other films aren't doing now

Question about her lazy eye...so Ive heard she has one but to me and I think mostly everybody its hardly noticeable, how the hell did that happen, did she get work done on it to correct it or it just isn't that bad???/

Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSEAN

I don't recall, exactly. She still has it, because she demonstrated it on Ferguson. Must not be that bad.

Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

So she has the Gina Gershon role.... Sweet!

Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGreg

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