Tara Reid to Play MI6 Agent in Espionage Thriller Film COLD SUN
Actress Tara Reid (American Pie, Sharknado) has signed on to star as an MI6 agent in the espionage thriller Cold Sun. Reid will play an inexperienced British spy called Marsha Ravencourt in the film, which has been billed as “Cagney and Lacey with a difference.” The logline reads, “Two inexperienced female operatives are thrust into a violent world, they will have to learn fast if they want to survive.”
Reid is joined in the cast by Patrick Bergin (Patriot Games), Rita Tushingham (Last Night in Soho), Ian Ogilvy (Death Becomes Her), and Gabriella Wright (The Transporter Refueled). Wright will play an equally green Interpol agent called Cheyenne “Chey” Marchand who joins forces with Reid’s character to take down an international gang of murderous criminals.
The synopsis reads:
The plot will see Ravencourt and Marchand posted to Malta to hunt down an assassin hellbent on murdering the British foreign secretary. Soon the women find themselves in a world of greed and luxury presided over by a ruthless oil tycoon backed by the Russian mafia who has engineered a global plot to assassinate politicians across the world.
As Ravencourt and Marchand try to expose the scheme they must deal with a retired assassin called Karl Quinn (played by Bergin) all the while trying to avoid causing a diplomatic incident with the Maltese authorities, who are in the dark about their plans.
Jason Figgis (The Ecstasy of Isabel Mann) will direct the feature, which is set to shoot this summer in the U.K. and Malta. This sounds pretty silly. Do you think Reid has the acting chops to pull this off?
via: Variety