Drew Barrymore is taking double duty as director and movie star in her new film Whip It. No, its not a film about the teenage desperation for a buzz from a can of whip cream. Its all about the Roller Derby sensation of the 70s that appears to be making a quiet comeback.
The plot centers on Page as a petite teenage girl who rebels against her beauty-pageant-obsessed mother (Marcia Gay Harden) and boring Texas town by joining the rough-and-tumble world of roller derby under the name Babe Ruthless, which brings us to the coolest thing about this movie, the Derby names.
Barrymore plays a character named Smashley Simpson and Wiig plays her sister named Maggie Mayhem. She was going to be called Malice In Wonderland but I’m glad they didn’t go with that one. Their team, the good guys, is called The Hurl Scouts.Fallon plays the derby announcer and Lewis gets to be called Dinah Might, the leader of rival derby team The Holy Rollers, who finds out a secret that could force her tiny new foe from the competition. And badass stunt woman Zoe Bell (Deathproof) is Bloody Holly
The cast looks awesome and there seems to be a positive buzz with Barrymore at the helm.
At very least it will provide us some toughass roller eyecandy and witty stage names.
