By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2012 6:00 am EST
As for big changes from the last film, Haas reveals the unsurprising news that Angelina Jolie will not reprise her role as Fox. Instead, Wesley (James McAvoy) will be hanging out with a new female pal. Read more after the jump.
After the pair left, the studio went through a few other writers, including Pooh’s Heffalump Movie scribe Evan Spiliotopoulos. But in 2011, the project circled back to the duo: “We got that call that you always love as a screenwriter. ‘Can you guys please come back?’ We loved the world. That experience was great. We said, ‘Well here’s what we want to do with the sequel.’ And they said, ‘Okay.’”
Plot details were very vague when we last checked in, but Haas had a little more info to offer this time:
That seems to mesh with earlier reports that Wesley would be dealing with “a young, ass-kicking assassin in the Fraternity,” once rumored to be played by Kristen Stewart. It seems unlikely that the Twilight star would sign on at this point, but there’s no shortage of up-and-coming actresses who could fit into that role.
As for the first Wanted’s high-profile female star, Haas explained why he and Brandt have no plans to bring Jolie’s character back. (Spoilers for Wanted ahead.) “Angelina Jolie gets shot in the head and everyone’s like, ‘Oh, are you going to bring back Fox?’ I said, ‘Did you see the bullet go into her head?’ And they say, ‘Oh, she can take one of those milk baths!’ We never wanted to do that movie,” he said.
