Ix-nay on the ints-hay! On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > I don't see Scarlett for some reason. I guess I'm still miffed at the > English-only Black Widow from the second Iron Man flick. I guess Widow is an > American in the Ultimate Universe? > Hell, with our luck they'll give it to Twilight star Kristen Stewart, and > we'll be subjected to a doleful, maudlin, angst-filled spy who sweeps her > hair back with her hand a lot. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daryle Lockhart" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 7:12:19 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Okay, Who's Gonna Play the Russian Spy in the > Movie? > > > > > Now that it looks like Bond's done, this could be a bigger movie than we > realize. I'd actually roll with Scarlett Johannsen. If she can pull off > the accent...I'm good. > > Make this movie about all 11 of the spies and it could be fun! > > > On Jul 3, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > > Didn't know that Chapman was petite, having only seen her from the waist up > a couple of times. And I saw Hendricks over Staite because Chapman comes > across to me as more forward in projecting her sexuality. Staite's really > crept up on me. I really didn't notice her charms until late in her run on > "Stargate: Atlantis". > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Keith Johnson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Hendricks is a bit more--ah--substantial than Chapman, who seems to be >> fairly petite. Besides, with Staite you have more of a chance to build a spy >> character who, like Chapman, is probably disarming and charming at first, >> sexy but subtle--a smoldering temptress. With Hendricks, it's more like a >> bonfire coming at you! >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Martin Baxter" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, July 3, 2010 7:02:26 AM >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Okay, Who's Gonna Play the Russian Spy in the >> Movie? >> >> >> >> Keith, my first thought at casting CHapman went to another "Firefly" alum, >> Christina Hendricks<http://laopereta.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/slquqd.jpg>. >> Extra cred in this, because she just topped one of those innumerable >> Beautiful People Lists. >> >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Keith Johnson >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Despite the large number of people being charged, the focus of the whole >>> affair in the media is undoubtedly mostly on this lady. I've seen her >>> described as the "Sexy spy", the "sultry spy", etc. They're all but leering >>> over some kind of Mahta Hari aspect to this thing, as evidenced by the NY >>> Daily News article below. And the fact that her dad was KGB, her ex-husband >>> says he was "scary"? Well, this has "book" and "movie" written all over it. >>> I guarantee you H'wood is already tossing around ideas as to who'll play a >>> sexy young red haired ingenue who is in reality a cold, manipulative Russian >>> agent. In terms of looks, I could see "Firefly" and "Stargate Atlantis" star >>> Jewel Staite: >>> >>> Chapman: >>> http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/06/30/alg_anna_chapman_closeup.jpg >>> >>> Staite: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/79175487_e683e972db.jpg >>> >>> ********************************************* >>> >>> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/07/02/2010-07-02_spy_babe_raised_by_kgb_daddy.html >>> >>> The red apple didn't fall far from the tree. >>> >>> Anna Chapman <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Anna+Chapman> - the sexy >>> star of this summer's spy saga - is the daughter of a former >>> KGB<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Russian+KGB>agent, reports from >>> Moscow <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Moscow> and >>> London<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/London+%28England%29>say. >>> >>> As nine of the 11 accused spies appeared in court Thursday - and >>> prosecutors revealed that at least one has confessed his loyalty to >>> Russia <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Russia> - more details emerged >>> about the slinky Manhattan >>> <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan>spook who has caught the >>> world's fancy. >>> >>> Anna Chapman is really Anya >>> Kushchenko<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Anya+Kushchenko>, >>> the daughter of Vasily Kushchenko, a diplomat who worked in Russian >>> embassies in Africa <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Africa>. >>> >>> Her British ex-husband, Alex >>> Chapman<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Alex+Chapman>, >>> told the Daily >>> Telegraph<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Telegraph+Group+Ltd.>in London >>> she said her father - still a top official in Russia's Foreign >>> Affairs Ministry - had been "high up in the ranks of the KGB." >>> >>> "He was scary," Chapman said of his former father-in-law, whom he met on >>> his honeymoon in Zimbabwe <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Zimbabwe>. >>> "He always seemed to have a lot more security than the other diplomats. He >>> had a Land >>> Rover<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Land+Rover+Group+Ltd.>with >>> blacked-out windows and there was always one car in front of it and one >>> car behind." >>> >>> Father and daughter were close, he said. >>> >>> "I felt she would have done anything for her dad," Chapman told the >>> newspaper. "When I saw that she had been arrested on suspicion of spying, it >>> didn't come as much of a surprise to be honest." >>> >>> The couple married in 2002, five months after they met in a London >>> nightclub. She moved from Moscow to London and worked for Barclay's Bank, >>> said Chapman, who is training to be a shrink. >>> >>> "Toward the end of our marriage she became very secretive, going for >>> meetings on her own with 'Russian friends.'... She was transformed into >>> someone with access to a lot of money, boasting about all the influential >>> people she was meeting." >>> >>> They were divorced in 2006. >>> >>> He said that though she had always disliked Americans, complaining about >>> their accents, she suddenly decided in 2007 she wanted to exploit "business >>> opportunities" in the U.S. She moved to New >>> York<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York>that year. >>> >>> They kept in touch. Chapman said his ex-wife sounded "distant" when they >>> last spoke four weeks ago. >>> >>> One of New York's other accused spies, >>> Yonkers<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Yonkers>college Prof. >>> Juan Lazaro <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Juan+Lazaro>, declared >>> his total loyalty to Moscow after his arrest, the government said. >>> >>> In his "lengthy postarrest statement," Lazaro also admitted that his >>> wife, Peruvian El Diario columnist Vicky >>> Pelaez<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Vicky+Pelaez>, >>> traveled to Peru <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Peru> to deliver >>> Lazaro's invisible ink letters to "the Service" - the Russian SVR, which >>> used to be called the KGB, prosecutors said. >>> >>> Lazaro told prosecutors he loved the 17-year-old son he had with Pelaez, >>> but "he would not violate his loyalty to the Service, even for his son." >>> >>> Lazaro, who once taught at CUNY's Baruch >>> College<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/CUNY%27s+Baruch+College>, >>> admitted Moscow paid for his house and that he wasn't really born in >>> Uruguay <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Uruguay> or named Juan >>> Lazaro, but he wouldn't reveal his real identity, prosecutors said. >>> >>> Nine of the 10 suspects appeared in court in >>> Boston<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Boston>, >>> Virginia <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Virginia> and Manhattan to >>> petition for bail. All were denied but Pelaez, who is to be freed to house >>> arrest as soon as Tuesday on $250,000 bail. >>> >>> "This would give her an opportunity to explain," said her lawyer Carlos >>> Moreno <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Carlos+Moreno>. "She is not a >>> spy for Russia." >>> >>> Chapman was previously ordered held without bond. The 11th suspect, >>> accused paymaster Christopher >>> Metsos<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Christopher+Metsos>, >>> was on the lam after skipping bail in >>> Cyprus<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Cyprus> >>> . >>> >>> New documents appear to partially exonerate Pelaez. Prosecutors said that >>> unlike the other defendants, she was not trained in espionage by Moscow and >>> did not use a false name. >>> >>> The >>> FBI<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation>found >>> eight unmarked envelopes, each containing $10,000 in crisp new $100 >>> bills, in Pelaez and Lazaro's safe deposit box. >>> >>> Their son was in the courtroom for the hearing. >>> >>> The future of the six children that the feds say three of the Russian >>> couples bore to make their cover more convincing remains up in the air. >>> >>> Besides the two Boston teenagers, Patricia >>> Mills<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Patricia+Mills>and Michael >>> Zottoli <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Michael+Zottoli> have two >>> toddlers, and Richard and Cynthia >>> Murphy<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Cynthia+Murphy>of Montclair, >>> N.J. <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+Jersey>, have two daughters, >>> 11 and 7. >>> >>> >>> Read more: >>> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/07/02/2010-07-02_spy_babe_raised_by_kgb_daddy.html#ixzz0sbBOLsZ7 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
