Argento To Join Diesel In XXX
[Friday, November 16th, 2001]Italian actress Asia Argento has been tapped as the female lead in Revolution Studios' spy thriller 'XXX' for director Rob Cohen and producer Neal Moritz, reports Hollywood Reporter.
Written by Rich Wilkes ('Airheads'), the project centers on a tough extreme-sports player (Vin Diesel) who is co-opted by the government to infiltrate a crime ring. Samuel L. Jackson also stars.
Argento is the daughter of horror director Dario Argento. She has starred in such films as France's "Queen Margot," the American indie feature "B. Monkey" and Fox Family Channel's "Les Miserables" opposite Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich.
Production is slated to begin next month in Los Angeles and Prague for a July 26 release.
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