ROTTEN TOMATOES: Watchmen's Cast Adds Carla Gugino

Watchmen's Cast Adds Carla Gugino

Meet your new Silk Spectre!

by Jeff Giles | August 08, 2007

Wednesday seems to be Casting Announcement Day this week -- no sooner do we learn that Anton Yelchin will be joining the cast of Star Trek XI do we receive word of the latest addition to the cast of Zack Snyder's Watchmen. Guess who'll be playing Sally Jupiter, A.K.A. the Silk Spectre?

If you guessed "Carla Gugino," then you get an invisible gold star for the day, because according to ComingSoon, that's exactly who's been cast as the story's costumed adventurer/sex symbol. The role will call for Gugino to portray Jupiter at a variety of ages -- both in her crimefighting prime and later in life, when her daughter Laurie (to be played by Malin Akerman) assumes the Silk Spectre identity.

Gugino joins a cast that already includes Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, and Jackie Earle Haley. Let's say it together, with feeling: We are so there.

Source: ComingSoon.net

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rustdog writes:
on Aug 08 2007 09:09 AM

Carla has a smokin hot body which we all saw in sin city, but it will be strange to see her with that same body on a character in her 60's.

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jmo2ski writes:
on Aug 08 2007 09:10 AM

Sex symbol my ***. Jessica Alba is a sex symbol, Scarlett JoHassen is a sex symbol. But then again, this is a beautiful actress.

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nathanpoitras writes:
on Aug 08 2007 09:20 AM

Gugino's so damn hot, her scenes in Sin City were very niiiice.

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dracus writes:
on Aug 08 2007 09:21 AM

I know absolutely nothing about Watchmen. Does this have the makings of a good movie or a dud?

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Baccus83 writes:
on Aug 08 2007 09:26 AM

I don't know, what would you consider a comic-book movie with little actual "action" and an abundance of clever storytelling, in-depth character development and social commentary.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Aug 08 2007 10:05 AM

Hell yeah, she's a very nice addition. And a very underrated actress. I'm much happier with her being cast than I would be with Alba or Scarlett.

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filmscience writes:
on Aug 08 2007 10:28 AM

Jmo2ski: I think the writer was implying that her *chrarcter* Jupiter is the "costumed adventurer / sex symbol." If you'll recall, "The Watchmen" was not chock full of sexy characters...

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JpPrewitt789 writes:
on Aug 08 2007 10:33 AM

Dracus-Yeah if they do it right it could be awesome, which I think it will be.

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eternity. writes:
on Aug 08 2007 12:46 PM

*does a happy dance*

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FranklinStreet writes:
on Aug 08 2007 12:53 PM

In reply to this comment (#1022274)
Considering she's playing Malin Akerman's mother, I would hope so. Alba and Johansson would never in a million years even be up for this part, nor should they be.

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Crenshaw writes:
on Aug 08 2007 12:57 PM

Great casting choice.

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jmo2ski writes:
on Aug 08 2007 02:01 PM

In reply to this comment (#1022325)
Hey i misunderstood. But where in the hell are hollywoods big named actresses

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bat-fink writes:
on Aug 08 2007 02:03 PM

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Jessica alba, a sex symbol? not anymore! didnt anyone see her in FF4 2 ? We were laughing at her all the way through that film. What color is she? we settled for gold. she looked weird! this chick looks hot!

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Young Turk writes:
on Aug 08 2007 02:11 PM

I would certainly bend her over.

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Travis27 writes:
on Aug 08 2007 05:59 PM

You have a director who makes visual pieces with no substance & a graphic novel that was not made for movie adaptation. This film will be crap.

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Zontar writes:
on Aug 08 2007 07:33 PM

Whether or not the comic was made for adaptation (and many excellent films come from source material written before there was such a thing), Dave Gibbons seems enthusiastic:

http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=28313

Snyder hasn't done much, but he has done solid adaptations of someone else's material. Also, he has a cast with a lot of potential in front of him. I'll be surprised if it's not a good film.

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Zontar writes:
on Aug 08 2007 07:36 PM

Whether or not the comic was made for adaptation (and many excellent films come from source material written before there was such a thing), Dave Gibbons seems enthusiastic:

http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=28313

Snyder hasn't done much, but he has done solid adaptations of someone else's material. Also, he has a cast with a lot of potential in front of him. I'll be surprised if it's not a good film.

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kfarschman writes:
on Aug 08 2007 07:59 PM

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jmol2ski, If I was given the choice between Alba, Johansson, or Gugino, I'd pick Gugino everytime without hesitating.

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nightbat666 writes:
on Aug 08 2007 08:30 PM

damn, I love johansson but she's pretty slutty, and alba is fine as hell, carla did have some very niiice scenes in sin city.

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bateman619 writes:
on Aug 09 2007 12:43 AM

No one yet has commented that Sally Jupiter in Watchmen is this big-boned, red-headed, unquestionably masculine looking Polish woman who denies her immigrancy to the point of dropping her ethnic name of Juspeczyk or something like that. Carla Gugino doesn't have the body type, the hair or the masculinity. She's the first casting decision that leaves me scratching my head. Venus Williams would have been a better choice.

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