Hollywood casting news works in mysterious ways from time to time. Literally, just yesterday I was brainstorming on who the next forgotten sexpot-actress I could bring back to light in this new "Show Your Face" column could be, and all thought processes led to Charisma Carpenter. I'd almost started watching the latest Dollhouse episode from my DVR list, which would've given me some more face-time with Eliza Dushku, who was once on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then, I recalled how Dushku wasn't the only dark-haired Buffy looker that floated my boat back in the day, and a good minute's worth of recollection reintroduced me to Charisma Carpenter, and the proverbial "light bulb" began glowing above my scalp.
Show Your Face #2 had been found. Jackpot, baby.
So later in the night, I flip on the Chiller channel and come across some terrible straight-to-cable ghost story called Voodoo Moon, starring---that's right---Ms. Carpenter. The film was made only four years back, and Carpenter still looked as near-perfect as before, which laid to rest any cynical "She might not even look good anymore....I mean, she's 38 years old now, with kid....a lack of work could've led her to lose herself" musings. She's still hotter than a Megan Fox photoshoot in Hades.
After consulting her IMDB, it seems that she's actually worked steadily over the last few calendars, predominantly in television (most notably, roles on Veronica Mars and Charmed). All well and good for her bank account, sure, but she's yet to register a character as pop-culture-relevant as her Buffy (and its spinoff, Angel) incarnation "Cordelia," and Cordelia herself is far from a staple. The chick needs some heavy roles, and definitely deserves them. Not talking supporting slots alongside Meryl Streep, or even Hilary Swank, but something.
Enter that "something," and something Teflon in its chances of being memorable. Today, the same day I was ready to write up a Show Your Face about the woman, she has signed on to co-star in Sylvester Stallone's multiple mercenaries action epic The Expendables, which already has a who's-who of badass fellas cast: Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and a cameo from Arnie Schwarzenegger. Carpenter will play Statham's girlfriend, which sounds like a whatever role, but fuck it. Her longtime admirers, such as myself, will take what we can get here.
At the least, we should be treated to some new photo spreads the caliber of this classic (well, it should be deemed as such):
You'd have to be blind to not feel all hot and bothered right about now. Or have the absolute worst/most questionable taste in women.
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