Carla Gugino to Play a Porn Star

By Erik Davis (Subscribe to Erik Davis's posts)

Posted Dec 16th 2008 2:32PM

Filed under: Casting, Fandom, Newsstand, Movie News, Cinematical

I don't know a guy or a girl who doesn't have a crush on Carla Gugino. Somehow the Top Whatever Sexiest of Whatever Lists have all passed her up in favor of, like, that girl from 7th Heaven, but she'll always have a spot toward the top of my sexy list. Gugino will take on the legendary (and original) Silk Spectre in Watchmen this spring, and a couple of months ago she played one of them rough-sex types in Righteous Kill -- but now ... well, now she's taking sexy one step further in the form of a porn star. Wait, strike that ... a pregnant porn star! Hot!

Variety reports that Gugino will star in Elektra Luxx, which -- get this -- is a sequel to an ensemble comedy called Women in Trouble, which never found distribution. Yeah, so why not make the sequel when the original never had a chance to fail? As previously mentioned, Gugino will play a porn star whose life gets turned upside down when she discovers a bun in the oven. Joining her in the cast are Tim Olyphant, Alicia Silverstone and Justin Kirk. Oh, but writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez isn't stopping there, and although filming on the second film is now underway, plans are already in place for a third installment tentatively called Women in Ecstasy. Unfortunately, we may never have a chance to see it ... or its previous two installments.

That brings up a good question: Has a sequel ever hit theaters before (or instead of) the original?

Update: Check out two images of Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx after the jump.

Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx

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Actress Carla Gugino attends the 2008 Comic-Con International on July 25, 2008 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at Matthew Rolston

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Actress Carla Gugino arrives at Matthew Rolston

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 10: Actress Carla Gugino attends Louis XIII Black Pearl's book party for Matthew Rolston's "BeautyLIGHT" at the Wallis Annenberg Cultural Center on November 10, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Carla Gugino

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Actress Malin Akerman, Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Actress Carla Gugino arrive at the Spike TV

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