Movie File: Eva Mendes, Winona Ryder, Meagan Good, Bryan Singer, 'Resident Evil' & More
Mendes still voluptuous in 'Ghost Rider'; Ryder reunites with 'Heathers' director; Good steps it up.
Eva Mendes
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After the mutants and Man of Steel finally relinquish their grip on the summer box office, comic book lovers will begin looking forward to the genre's next big film production: the theatrical debut of Marvel's hell-on-wheels antihero, Ghost Rider.
The film stars
Nicolas Cage as the undead biker and "Hitch" star
Eva Mendes as the object of his affection. "She's different [than in the comic book] because she looks like me," a laughing Mendes said of her character, Roxanne Simpson. "In the comic book, Roxanne is very blond and voluptuous. I'm voluptuous but I'm not blond, and I'm a little more exotic. But she'll still kick ass and still be a really strong female."
The actress added that while she teamed with Cage for numerous action scenes in the film, she was lucky to avoid an epic sequence that has the flame-headed hero doing battle underwater. "No, thank God. I remember it that was a long shoot," she grinned. The film rides into theaters February 16. ...