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31Mar2009

Bond Girl Gemma Arterton Joins 'Clash of the Titans'

DateTuesday, March 31, 2009 at 1:32AM
About all I can figure is that Gemma Arterton has some great references on her rather limited acting résumé. She was a Bond Girl about a month after she appeared in RockNRolla last year, and in both movies she might have been on screen for about three minutes. But producers have seen enough of her to cast her as the female lead in Prince of Persia and now Arterton will co-star in the remake of Clash of the Titans.

Toga! Toga! Toga!

“My part is... the coolest part,” she told Empire. “Io’s not in the original film. Perseus falls in love with her. It’s a really great part.”

If Io isn't in the original, does that mean there will be other changes? “Obviously the story is the story, but it’s much more about Perseus’ mission, and how he deals with being the son of Zeus, and things like that," Arterton confirms, "so it feels a little more about him, and about the issues around that.”

I'm on the fence about this remake. The original was nothing special, and usually, I'm fine with remakes of movies that missed the mark the first time. But I think they're trying to persuade people that Clash of the Titans is somehow more than a cheesetastic B-movie.

As Perseus, they've cast Sam Worthington - the hottest up-and-coming actor going right now between Terminator and Avatar - and Empire reports that Liam Neeson has been offered the role of Zeus.

Sounds like they're taking it really seriously. But should they?

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