That kind of departure certainly isn't unprecedented — prominent actors are forever jumping into roles that are miles from their most successful blockbusters. George Clooney, for example, moved from the "Ocean's Eleven" movies to the art films " Michael Clayton," "The Men Who Stare at Goats" and "The American." But it's much rarer that two high-profile actors of the caliber of Depp and Jolie — both of whom have made their share of highbrow fare — make a comparable switch in the same movie, especially a pricey production like "The Tourist."
'The Tourist' Movie
Loosely based on the 2005 French feature "Anthony Zimmer," "The Tourist" stars Jolie as Elise Clifton-Ward, a mysterious and impossibly elegant woman in Paris who is instructed to take a train to Venice. While en route, she approaches Depp's shaggy math teacher Frank Tupelo, drawing him into an international plot involving the theft of $2.3 billion.
'The Tourist' Movie
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