Jolie Takes Role Meant for Cruise

Spy thriller lead must undergo gender change
By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 12, 2008 12:12 PM CDT
Jolie Takes Role Meant for Cruise
Angelina Jolie looks on as Clint Eastwood speaks at the press conference for the film "Changeling" at the Cannes Film Festival in May.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

What Angelina Jolie wants, she gets. The actress is nearing a deal to play the lead in a spy thriller originally intended for Tom Cruise, Variety reports. The well-regarded script, Edwin A. Salt, is the story of a CIA agent on the run from espionage charges. Should Jolie seal the deal, the character will get a sex change and the script will be edited to suit the new star’s demands. (More Tom Cruise stories.)

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