Archive for the 'Interviews' Category

May 9, 2008   Interviews

Actress Christina Ricci, who first hit the big screen opposite Cher in “Mermaids” at age 10, has been a Hollywood fixture for nearly two decades. In her latest project, “Speed Racer,” Ricci stars as Trixie, the title character’s precocious girlfriend. The action-packed family film about race car drivers is Ricci’s biggest movie in years. For […]


May 9, 2008   Interviews

You know when you meet that guy way back in 1st grade and just know he’ll be your friend for life and maybe, someday, more? That’s what it’s like for Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) and Trixie (Christina Ricci) in the new, color-splashed actioner Speed Racer. This girl is no shrinking violet. Trixie flies a hot […]


May 4, 2008   Interviews

CHRISTINA Ricci’s film career hasn’t so much skyrocketed her to fame as locked her in a semi-leisurely orbit. The 40 movies she has made since starring opposite Cher in Mermaids at the age of nine have run the spectrum from sure-fire hits to forgettable misses. But Speed Racer the upcoming mega-budget movie by the Wachowski […]


May 4, 2008   Interviews

Born in California in 1980, Christina Ricci grew up in New Jersey and appeared in her first film, Mermaids, aged nine. She has since starred in The Addams Family, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Opposite of Sex and Monster. Ricci owns a production company, Blaspheme Films, and lives in Los Angeles with Kick […]


April 29, 2008   Films, Interviews

In the first installment of SPEED ZONE, CBR News spoke with “Speed Racer” producer Joel Silver about the live-action adaptation of the classic auto racing anime television series. We then spoke with co-star Matthew Fox, who portrays Racer X, and we bring you now an interview with actors John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci […]


April 28, 2008   Interviews

The anorexia, the self-harm, the downright weird statements about incest… Christina Ricci freely admits that she was one mixed-up kid. But now, the actress tells Catherine Elsworth, it’s time the world saw her afresh I’m walking up to the Hollywood sushi restaurant where I’m due to meet the actress Christina Ricci for lunch, when I […]


April 26, 2008   Interviews

Christina Ricci Like the rest of the planet, you’ll be seeing Christina Ricci bring to life the iconic role of Trixie in Speed Racer this spring. We share a chat with the Pixies-loving beauty behind the blockbuster to get her thoughts on everything from strapping into her latest role to the color of her underwear. […]