Angelina Jolie Takes Over for Tom Cruise

While it's typical to see one male actor replaced by another, it's not often that an actress is casted for a guy's role. But Angelina Jolie has just confirmed that she'll be taking over for Tom Cruise in the spy movie "Edwin A. Salt".

Talking to the BBC on Monday, Jolie said of her next project, "I'm working on a film called Salt. And it's with [Bone Collector director] Phillip Noyce. And that's it."

It had been rumored for a few months now that Jolie may have taken the role once filled by Cruise, who dropped out of the film.

After reworking by the espionage thriller's writers, Jolie will play a now-female lead as "a CIA officer falsely accused of being a Russian agent."

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