In many ways, "The Twilight Saga" and "True Blood" have nothing in common with each other, except, it seems, for their leading actresses penchants for starring in indie dramas together. According to Deadline, Nikki Reed (aka "Twilight's" Rosalie Cullen) and Deborah Ann Woll (aka "True Blood's" Jessica) have joined the cast of "Catch .44."
For Deborah, it will be a little something of a family reunion, considering she will be reteaming with her former "True Blood" castmate Lizzy Caplan, but the move gives both the young actresses a chance to work with some grade A talent. Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Akerman (OK, she's not grade A, but we did love "Watchmen," so whatever) already jumped on board the cast last month. It also gives them all a great opportunity to meet 50 Cent, who is apparently exec. producing the project.
It seems like both Nikki and Deborah will be playing supporting roles in the film, since the story's three lead females — Kara (Kate Mara), Tes (Malin) and Dawn (Lizzy) — have already been taken.
The plot follows the three aforementioned leads as girls working dead end jobs in Vegas when a stranger named Mel (Bruce) offers them a job as assassins. After taking him up on his offer, they find themselves sent on a job that might be their last. According to IMDb, that situation involves "a psychopathic hit-man, a grizzly trucker, and a delusional line cook."
Considering Deborah's character Jessica's recent run-in with her own grizzly trucker, we hope that's the role she lands for irony's sake.
Are you glad to see these two actresses expanding into indie film roles?
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