I'm not a fan of any of the previous Le Femme Nikita movies or t.v. series' but now that I've found out that Maggie Q will play the lead role in the new show, my interest has piqued.
The gorgeous Hawaiian born Miss Q who has played kick-ass roles in Mission Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard, Balls of Fury and the upcoming King of Fighters, among many other movies, has been chosen to play the rebooted assassin in the new CW channel's pilot, which will hopefully get turned into a t.v. series.
The Hollywood Reporter said:
The CW pilot's premise of a new Nikita being trained to replace the original one after she goes rogue gave creator Craig Silverstein an opportunity to break the stereotype, and he wrote the lead as "beautiful and exotic."
The pending hire of Maggie Q in "Nikita," from WBTV and McG's Wonderland, would mark the highest-profile series role for an Asian actress on a broadcast drama series and the highest-profile CW minority casting in the network's four-year history.
The role has previously been played by caucasian actresses so Maggie's hiring is a departure from the past frachise releases, and a much welcomed one which I know she'll nail perfectly.
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