“I’ve kind of grown up and become less afraid of sincerity.”
-Christina Ricci
Actress Christina Ricci has always been a bit obsessed with historys Eleanor of Aquitaine. Rumor has it that the 12th Century Queen ran a cult of courtly love in France that practiced the radical ideology that a marriage without love was no marriage at all. Eleanor, naturally, was charged with heresy by the Catholic Church and spent 15 years wasting away in a prison cell.
It’s no secret that Ricci likes complex characters; there is something awfully romantic about their intricacies. From her early roles in The Addams Family and The Ice Storm, to Prozac Nation and Black Snake Moan, to this year’s Penelope, the self-taught actress has proved her mettle with characters that seem to challenge her as much as the audience.
However its Riccis newest role, Trixie in the Wachowski brothers Speed Racer, that she calls ultimate feminist character. For an actress who once told reporters her dream role was that of a psycho killer, playing a girl without any major internal drama might come as a surprise. ”For drama, the people who do the most dramatic things are people with personal problems,” Ricci told SuicideGirls during a recent roundtable interview. ”But recently I’ve kind of grown up and become less afraid of sincerity, and I have a real vested interest in women’s issues and the next generation of girls.”
Read on for the full reveal on Ricci’s choice to play a girl whose affinity for red lipstick and cute dresses never gets in the way of her ability to kick some ass.
