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Angelina Jolie Takes Tom's Movie Role
Tuesday August 12, 2008

Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie

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Looks like Angelina Jolie is heading back to work.

The new mom of twins, 33, is close to signing a deal to play a CIA officer in the thriller Edwin A. Salt, according to Variety.

Accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Jolie's character "must then elude capture long enough to establish her innocence," Variety reports.

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The role was originally slated for Tom Cruise, but he dropped out.

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After Jolie (whose last action film Wanted grossed $132 million domestically) expressed interest, the studio rewrote the part for a woman.

The film could be one of two comeback films for the actress, who welcomed Knox and Viv last month.

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She is also planning to shoot the drama Atlas Shrugged, based on the popular Ayn Rand novel.

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