Bergès-Frisbey In; Kruek Out
Several actresses of note have been cast in or out of projects so here’s a roundup.
French actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey has been announced as playing Syrena, a mermaid, in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the series. She is expected to play a key role in the further adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).
Unknown to American audiences, she has appeared in French films including Bruc and La Première Étoile along with television fare such as La Reine Morte, and Elles et Moi . She was born in Barcelona to French-American and Catalan parents and has done stage work including Equus.
Production on the big budget film is set for later this year in Hawaii, Great Britain and Los Angeles with a May 20, 2011 release date planned. Rob Marshall (Chicago) makes his maiden voyage as director, replacing Gore Verbinski.
Meantime, Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood broke the news that heartthrob Kristin Kreuk has been replaced in the CBS pilot Hitched. The site reported, “The switch was made Wednesday, just before the multicamera pilot’s table read. Kreuk starred on two drama series, including her star-making turn on Smallville, and she was wonderful in an arc on Schwartz’s NBC dramedy Chuck this season but she has never done a half-hour sitcom and Hitched ultimately proved not a perfect fit for her.” Sara Fletcher was signed to replace her.
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey seems lovely. Can't picture Kreuk in anything other than Smallville.