ohnotheydidnt: Kristen Bell cast in Burlesque!

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@ 2009-10-08 20:51:00

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casting / auditions, christina aguilera

Kristen Bell cast in Burlesque!

Pussycat fight!

Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in "Burlesque," Screen Gems' musical drama being directed by Steve Antin.

"Burlesque" centers on the journey of an ambitious small-town girl (Aguilera) with a big-town voice who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club, reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's "Cabaret." (Aguilera has guested in cabarets for the Pussycat Dolls.)

Bell will play Nikki, the loose-cannon lead dancer and main attraction at the club who spirals out of control when Aguilera's character suddenly gets the spotlight.

Already cast are Cher as the nightclub owner and Stanley Tucci as the man who helps turn Aguilera from bumpkin to bombshell.

Shooting begins Nov. 9 with a release aimed for Thanksgiving 2010.

Screen Gems senior vp production Scott Strauss will oversee the project.

Bell, repped by CAA and Brookside Artists Management, stars opposite Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman in "Couples Retreat," which opens today. The actress, whose credits also include "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," next stars in Disney's romantic comedy "When in Rome," being released in January. She recently wrapped filming the Disney comedy "You Again" with Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Odette Yustman.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i731d7f0f9e7e4ab1d4d354dbf4f72b4d

The Cast of Burlesque (so far):
Christina Aguilera
Kristen Bell
Cam Gigandet
Stanley Tucci
and Cher

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	taiyay 2009-10-09 03:59 am UTC (link)
	This sounds kinda terrible, but I'm intrigued? (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	tothe76 2009-10-09 03:59 am UTC (link)
	I totally agree! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fogandpearls 2009-10-09 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Disney's romantic comedy "When in Rome," being released in January. She recently wrapped filming the Disney comedy i sense a pattern (Reply to this) (Thread)

	heartgraffiti 2009-10-09 10:17 am UTC (link)
	A disney movie also starring Kristin Chenowith, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis AND BETTY WHITE. Don't diss, bb, it sounds amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	b_mckinley 2009-10-09 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Yes, love her (Reply to this) (Thread)

	b_mckinley 2009-10-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Hope this means she plays a bitch (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	chelledbrown 2009-10-09 04:03 am UTC (link)
	I fucking love Showgirls. It's just too absurd and crazy to not love, you know? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bob80 2009-10-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, this will be a huge flop. (Reply to this)

	LOVE HER dedebee 2009-10-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	This is kind of surprising, but I know she's done musicals and stuff before. It's going to be hard to see her as the "villain," but she and Stanley Tucci are definitely classing up this project. (Reply to this)

	brandon198403 2009-10-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Downgrade (Reply to this)

	gossipgirll25 2009-10-09 04:00 am UTC (link)
	idk how i feel about one of my favorite people KBell being in a movie with one of my least favorite people Christina. idkidk I will watch however and Kristen is def hot enough to pull off stripper. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	it should be funny bostongirl2003 2009-10-09 04:07 am UTC (link)
	to watch Christina try and play a humble small town girl. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	annie_oakley 2009-10-09 04:03 am UTC (link)
	My dislike for her aside, she really doesn't have that strong of a voice. Hell, even out of all of the VM girls, Amanda Seyfried and Alona Tal (maybe even Tina Majorino) have much better voices. Her singing is fine for a movie like Reefer Madness, but to be against Aguilera? lololol (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	gossipgirll25 2009-10-09 04:04 am UTC (link)
	omg thats exactly what I thought but i didnt know if I just thought that because I just watched Showgirls yesterday. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lizzy_forrest 2009-10-09 04:42 am UTC (link)
	I'm hypnotized by this .gif every single time. What is she saying? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	chelledbrown 2009-10-09 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I'd watch Kristen Bell take her clothes off but I don't want to watch X-tina do it. (I love her music but that doesn't mean I wanna watch her 'strip'.) I find myself conflicted. (Reply to this)

	girlyevil 2009-10-09 04:46 am UTC (link)
	ia (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thrillisgone_89 2009-10-09 04:03 am UTC (link)
	oh, xtina, i love you. but this movie sounds like a trainwreck a la "glitter" and is not a good career move. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	b_mckinley 2009-10-09 04:12 am UTC (link)
	It can't be as bad as Glitter...can it? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	rewritten_since 2009-10-09 04:03 am UTC (link)
	this sounds like showgirls...? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gossipgirll25 2009-10-09 04:03 am UTC (link)
	(Reply to this) (Thread)

	rexilla 2009-10-09 04:07 am UTC (link)
	YOU GO, GIRL (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	gossipgirll25 2009-10-09 04:17 am UTC (link)
	best part of that movie. Unfort everything on youtube isnt embeded. Ohhh Mary Lane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHWHFJTWEk4 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mandy_gryffin 2009-10-09 04:09 am UTC (link)
	well she's adding something good to the movie at least. (Reply to this)

	dear_traveler 2009-10-09 04:09 am UTC (link)
	i feel like christina and kristen should switch roles... (Reply to this)

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	this_repetition 2009-10-09 04:11 am UTC (link)
	I was under the impression that this movie had already been made or something. (Reply to this)

	shopaholics 2009-10-09 04:12 am UTC (link)
	NO TY @ anything floptina does. so stank. (Reply to this)

	lostwithme 2009-10-09 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Yes! omg ^_^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rewritten_since 2009-10-09 04:16 am UTC (link)
	is it raining on your face, jw (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	williammiller 2009-10-09 04:13 am UTC (link)
	love her <3 (Reply to this)

	clashs 2009-10-09 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I don't really like her singing. =\ (Reply to this)

	toaerythinness 2009-10-09 04:13 am UTC (link)
	it sounds like one of those not-so-good movies that I'll still watch once it comes out on DVD and every time it replays on Bravo (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rewritten_since 2009-10-09 04:16 am UTC (link)
	lmao like "what a girl wants"? that's like my favourite awesomely bad movie ever (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	imightbewrong4 2009-10-09 04:16 am UTC (link)
	I haven't been this excited for a movie since the Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (Reply to this)

	newpsie 2009-10-09 04:21 am UTC (link)
	I love KBell to death but you mean to tell me sees playing the loose cannon to Xtina's sweet, small town girl? I think casting got them mixed up. (Reply to this) (Thread)