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From the time she was a child, Christina Ricci has proven there is absolutely no role she can�t tackle. From her young roles in The Addams Family movies, and Casper to her more mature ones in The Opposite of Sex, Pumpkin, Monster, Black Snake Moan, Penelope, and scores of others, she has proven time and […]

Christina Ricci was in a few cartoon-like movies as a child actor. The Addams Family films, based on the TV show based on the Charles Addams comic strips, and Casper. Speed Racer takes adaptation to the next level with the Wachowski Brothers’ modern vision of what the old anime show could be. Ricci plays Trixie, […]

At the Long Beach Grand Prix, the roar of high-powered race car engines fills the air, a deep bass thrum cutting through the smell of exhaust in the early summer heat. Tens of thousands of race fans have gathered to take in the metal-and-rubber reality of racing, but in the Long Beach Convention Center, a […]

Christina Ricci pilots rocket-fast cars in Speed Racer, the new film from the Wachowski brothers. It’s an experience that tested her physical fitness as well as her ability to keep her partially-digested breakfast from making a guest appearance on the set. The driving scenes, Ricci says, “were rough, very herky-jerky—all over the place. At one […]

SheKnows spoke to “Speed Racer” stars Christina Ricci and Christian Oliver. Both were spellbound by what they had experienced on the set of what is sure to be a blockbuster. Ricci jumped at the chance to play a comic book movie part. “I had to do it,” she said of the offer to portray Trixie. […]

Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer. But will he be a demon on wheels? Out of all the summer ’08 blockbusters, few are as enigmatic as the Wachowskis’ big-budget adaptation of the 1960s Japanese series originally titled “Mach GoGoGo.” They’ve told us that the movie will bring the cartoon to life, they’ve told us […]

The IESB sat down with a group of journalists and talked with Christina Ricci about SPEED RACER and her role as loyal girlfriend TRIXIE! Read the interview in its entirety below! SPEED RACER opens in theaters May 9th! Q: Beautiful dress. Christina Ricci: Thanks. It’s Yves Saint Laurent. Q: How did you like Trixie’s fashion […]