Christina Ricci said that her looks played a part in nabbing a role in Speed Racer, the Wachowski Brothers first film since The Matrix trilogy. "Everyone told me I should play Trixie because they think I look like anime," Ricci explained at the movie's Tribeca Film Festival premiere on Saturday.

A live action adaptation of the 1960s Japanese anime series, Speed Racer had numerous false starts before finally going into production last year. Although she was invited to audition "very late in the casting process," the actress said she got along famously with her fellow actors Emile Hirsch, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon. According to Ricci, the cast's strong rapport made it easier to act against a greenscreen for the CGI film.

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