Drea de Matteo, not Christina Hendricks, to play a stripper now

Remember how excited we were to learn that Christina Hendricks was going to play a stripper in a movie? Yeah, that’s not happening now. The role has now been given to Drea de Matteo. So how do we feel about that? Personally I would have preferred Christina Hendricks as a stripper, but Drea de Matteo is also pretty damn hot so it’s not a total loss. Plus, maybe Drea will be more willing to, you know, actually do a little stripping in the film Dark Places. (Fingers crossed.)

But that’s not even the most interesting part of this story. The most interesting part is that Christina Hendricks is still going be in the film – playing Charlize Theron’s mother. Seriously. Let’s do a little math here. Christina is 38. Charlize Theron is also 38. Christina was born three months before Charlize so technically she is older, but what the hell?

So basically Christina Hendricks went from playing a stripper to obviously having to be made up to look at least 20 years older than she really is. Man, I’m depressed now.

Want to see Christina Hendricks being sexy (since we won’t be seeing it in Dark Places)? Click here.

UPDATE: ‘Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks Lands New ‘Dark Places’ Role [Deadline]