I spotted this news article over at Funky Soul Diva {a fan site for Miss Alicia Keys} about Alicia Keys's upcoming movie role in "Smoking Aces."

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"Alicia is a 26-year-old kid; we forget how young she is," Carnahan said, admitting that he took a bit of a risk in casting her as a world-weary assassin. "You can see in her eyes that she's an old soul. You look at her and you can tell that she's been here before.""She was playing at the Paramount in Oakland [California], and I drove up there to see her," Carnahan remembered of his pitch, which he made after her representatives put out the word that the Grammy winner was looking to explore an acting career. "I watched her show, which was fantastic, and I went backstage ... I sat down and talked to her, and I said, 'They are going to come to you with some jerk-off romantic comedy. Don't do it. Read this instead!' Well, she had read it at that point, and said, 'Wow, it's really intense,' and I said, 'Yeah, so, do you want to shake things up?' "