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Why did Marisa Tomei do this movie?


Does she owe someone a lot of money? Did she think this was a superhero franchise? Or does she just say yes to any role that's thrown her way?

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She did? I'm surprised none of the trailers featured her as a draw.

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I know, she had an oscar. and even if she didn't, isn't the Aunt May money good.

Have a short review of this movie if anyone is interested- https://youtu.be/7yS9vsI1gg8

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In a recent Interview (at the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival 2018) she said the Producer - Jason Blum - is a friend, and she liked the 'social comment underneath'. Clips of the Interview are all over google Vid search (‎though mostly Italian dubbed).

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That makes sense. Hope she gets her own horror vehicle.

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Who the hell was she? Lol oh the white woman the white men killed? Like the Charlottesville event? So she was a liberal white woman standing up against the white man?

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She works alongside the government as a scientist, and the whole thing is a social experiment. Her character is called "the Architect" of the Purge.

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