Gambit – More Coen Brothers Magic
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 9:03PM Tweet By Bennett Owen
Wow. Nice pair of…boots. In case you hadn’t noticed, that’s Cameron Diaz, turning heads in Heathrow courtesy a Tough Country tank, a pair of Daisy Dukes and little else.
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Yes, she’s a working girl, shooting a scene from GAMBIT, a remake of the classic 1966 comedy caper.
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The original starred Michael Caine and Shirley Maclaine…the new version puts Diaz alongside Colin Firth who plays an art thief planning to con a wealthy collector. He enlists a Texas steer roper (Diaz) to set up the swindle. Diaz is a self-professed Texas Hold ‘Em fanatic…suppose that’s why she got the part?
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I’ve always been a fan of the original…will watch about anything Michael Caine is in…
and am generally skeptical of remakes…but with the Coen Brothers writing the screenplay, it will most likely get my money. And Colin Firth is truly the only actor alive today remotely capable of filling the mighty Michael Caine’s place.
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From Blood Simple, to Fargo to True Grit, the Coen brothers continually capture the essential mystique of the western US. My favorite line from Blood Simple: “He gave me a little pearl-handled .38 for our first anniversary…I figured I’d better leave before I used it on him.”