Rock of Ages loses one star only to gain another. Director Adam Shankman—judge and choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance, director of Step Up and Hairspray—just added Academy Award winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) to the list of an already packed and talented cast for the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Rock of Ages.
Apparently, Shankman is taking some liberty with the original Broadway script by casting Jones as a female villain. For now the name of the character is unknown, but Shankman talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the new character:
The Hollywood Reporter
“It’s a character that we only really came to in the last month,” said Shankman. “The character was invented to streamline the stories.”
Shankman described the character as “if Tipper Gore and Anita Bryant had a love child. She is this hardcore, moral majority, arch-conservative who wants to shut down rock’n roll in the great city of Los Angeles.”
Catherine Zeta-Jones will join Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, and Julianne Hough. Unfortunately, Rock of Ages lost Amy Adams due to her being cast in Zack Snyder’s Superman: The Man of Steel. Adams stated that she wants to put all of her attention into Lois Lane.
Directed by Adam Shankman, Rock of Ages hits theaters everywhere June 1, 2012.
How do you guys think the cast is shaping up?
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