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Evan Rachel Wood's Vampire Queen Swings Both Ways

Andrew Belonsky — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:29:41 EDT

Scary-yet-lovable actress Evan Rachel Wood makes her first on-screen appearance in next week's True Blood. So, what can we expect? Omnivorous sexuality.

Wood sat down recently with renowned E! gossip queen Marc Malkin to discuss her role as Louisiana's renowned vampire queen, Sophia.

The 21-year old couldn't really say much, lest series creator Alan Ball smite her, but she did offer titillating hints that her character will bed another female and, possibly, a man.

She's not necessarily a lesbian.... Her human partner is a girl, but I'm pretty sure she goes both ways. I think vampires are like that in general.

Just as note: Wood once dated Marilyn Manson and made out with Mickey Rourke. And that's all we'll say....

Evan Rachel Wood Proudly Announces The Search For Broadway's Mary Jane Watson Is Over

Seth — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:15:48 EST

The long-gestating Spidey!: The Spider-Man Broadway Musical—words and music by U2, puppet-villains by Julie Taymor, early closing date by completely disinterested fanboy base—has secured Evan Rachel Wood to play Mary Jane Watson, IESB.net reports:

So who will be her PETER PARKER? Will it be Jim Sturgess, her Across the Universe co-star who has been long rumored (and the perfect fit)?

Wood said they are, "still trying to convince him."

They have their work cut out for them, as it will take a lot more than a midnight call from Bono pleading, "Yo Jim. Look, I don't know much. I'm just an Irish rock star frontin' the Biggest Band in the World, but believe me when I tell you brotha, when I wrote 'Spidey, Webby Spidey,' I only had your voice in mind. If you don't want to do it for me, do it for Africa" to do the trick.

IESB Exclusive: Evan Rachel Wood Confirms Role of Mary Jane in SPIDER-MAN MUSICAL Plus Start Date! [iesb.net]

'Spider-Man: The Musical' Open Call Seeks Vocally Gifted Peter Parker Types

Seth — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:45:00 EDT

A little over a year ago, we noted that celebrated director/visual-flourishist Julie Taymor would be tackling perhaps her most challenging source material yet. This project would afford no opportunities for portentous lion births, or soldiers lugging Lady Liberty across a model Vietnam in an extremely literal interpretation of a Beatles lyric. Rather, Taymor set about adapting Spider-Man into a Broadway musical. Helping to sell audiences on a hovercraft-enabled lead villain whose big showstopper, "Everything's Coming Up Pumpkin Bombs," closes the first act is none other than U2's Bono and The Edge, who came on board as composers. Now all that's left to round out this spider-shit insane idea is you, triple-threat Tobey and Kirsten types!

OPEN SINGERS/ACTORS CALL FOR SPIDER-MAN A NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL Directed by Julie Taymor, Music and Lyrics by Bono and The Edge of U2

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: Peter Parker: male, 16-20's, great Rock voice, can be nerdy with understated sex appeal, good sense of humor Mary Jane: female, 16-20's, beautiful girl next door, strong pop/rock singing voice Principal Woman: female, 25-35 years old, Amazing Rock vocals, think Sinead O'Connor with a Middle Eastern /Bulgarian/Greek/ twist. Foreign, world music types are great, foreign accents are great! All ethnicities.
JULY 28, 2008 10:00am-5pm THE KNITTING FACTORY NYC

Please prepare 16 bars of a pop/rock song that shows range. Please bring sheet music. Also a photo/resume stapled together, IF YOU HAVE ONE. IT'S COOL IF YOU DON'T! spidermancasting@gmail.com

We take their lax headshot requirements to mean that they are fully prepared to pluck a spider-in-the-rough from obscurity if they feel he's the right Peter Parker for the part. That said, there's no shortage of nerdy, understatedly sexy young men currently vying for roles on the Great White Way. Rather, it's the Bulgarian Women's Choir defectee they're hoping will fill the "Principal Woman" slot that might prove to be the bigger casting challenge. Once Bono gets a look at the available talent pool, he might ultimately have to settle for a Bashkortostanian throat singer to play villainous voodoo priestess Calypso instead.

Previously: Spider-Man: The Musical! [Defamer]