No Paltrow
Thu, 08/09/2011 - 12:17 by John Hill

Have a look at the trailer for Contagion. Go on. Gwyneth Paltrow dies in it. Not sure how good the actual film's going to be, but that's got to be worth something, surely?

Anyway, until that little gem actually comes out, all we've got is the New York Premiere, attended by at least TWO major members of the cast. Matt Damon and Marion Cotillard. Both of whom, as far as we can tell, don't die in the movie, and perhaps that's why they're the only ones there. Maybe the director didn't want to ruin the illusion that quite a few A-listers had popped their clogs. So creative. Incidentally, Jennifer Ehle's supposed to be in it to, but we didn't recognise her.

Along with Matt and Marion (sounds like something for VIVA), we've got Jennifer Ehle (once went out with Colin Firth, supposedly in Contagion), Olivia Munn (nerd pin-up), the wonderful Elliot Gould (hidden behind a facemask made of hair) and Michael Douglas, who still has yet to apologise for Wall Street 2. Shia we can understand, but everyone expected more from Michael. Although, admittedly he did have a bout of cancer to deal with, but still...

 

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