The $5 Million Villain

That's not Angelina Jolie. I was fooled for a second that it was the luscious lipped actress but the photo shows Rose McGowan in an attempt to mimic Jolie. Not a far stretch. McGowan is playing the sorceress villain, Marique, in the upcoming Conan The Barbarian remake and when the studio asked if she'd shave her hairline back and remove the eyebrows she said it would take $5 million.

"The studio asked if I would shave my eyebrows and my hairline back to here, and I thought, 'Sure, if you give me $5 million"

Lionsgate wisely said 'fuggetaboutit' and placed the burden upon the make-up department to fancy her face a bit and probably sit through stories of why the look is actually worth such a high price tag.

"I sat from about two in the morning till around 7:30 in the morning," she said of the process, which included slicking back her natural hair and wearing a prosthetic piece that went over her eyebrows and back to the middle of her head.

Conan The Barbarian opens this Friday and will try to overcome the terrible problems Clash of the Titans had with the 3D format. I've seen the trailer in 3D and it's not impressive at all. I needed a heavy dose of Tylenol to remove the headache it caused.

A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.