Caffeinated Clint
Thanks to Hugh Jackman, She’s back on the big screen
I had a feeling Natasha Henstridge would start going by places again – maybe now she can snag her career back from Rebecca Romjin?
Seems by merely being a ‘Bond Girl’ Contender, you’re guaranteed work elsewhere, even if you don’t get the role you’re gunning for. A chance to play the latest 007 squeeze seems to have worked for Henstridge, in a roundabout way.
The leggy fox – who would still be slumming it in “Species” sequels and “She Spies”, if not for the audition – was up for the role of Vesper Lynd in “Casino Royale”, and though about ten other girls were probably on the list above her, the mere association with the film seems to have resurrected the former model cum actresses career.
“Species” (1995) was a great debut for Henstridge – it’s just unfortunate that she was forced to spend half of the film with her duds off. It’s a little bit like being paid top dollar for playboy magazine. Your name may now be known, but it doesn’t mean people are going to take you seriously from here on out. And they didn’t, Henstridge was lucky to receive second billing in a Van Damme movie, after playing the intergalactic sexpot – though she did strike lucky – if lucky is the word? – with the “Whole Nine Yards” series, playing Matthew Perry’s love interest.
I think the first time I took her seriously in something – and one of the rare occurrences where she didn’t take off her top – was in Tvs “Commander-In-Chief”. She was quite good in that. Just a pity nobody much saw it… her. But I digress…
Hugh Jackman’s SEED productions will be writing Henstridge’s cheques for the next few months, as she films a role in the actor/producer’s new film, “The Tourist” opposite Wolverine himself; Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams.
According to Page Six, Henstridge and Jackman were spotted filming scenes at The Dylan Hotel in New York. Being that the film’s a sexual thriller, we can only assume why and how a hotel room was being used.
