Race Car Driver Milka Duno to Make Movie Debut in Speed Racer

Milka Duno also set to drive in the Indy 500 in May.

(PRWEB) March 22, 2008 -- Venezula's first lady of MotorSport is more than just a pretty face. Talent, beauty and brains are an unbeatable combination to find in a woman. When the woman is one of the top race car drivers in the world and possesses all three it's a sure bet that eventually Hollywood will come calling.

Second-year IndyCar driver Milka Duno never aspired to a movie career, but she has enough of one now for her to need a dress for the April 26 premiere of the Wachowski Brothers' Speed Racer. The film will be big
box office when it opens across the country on May 9th. Duno, a 35-year-old former sports car racer who is scheduled to undertake 11 races this season, has a role as Kellie "Gearbox' Kalinkov, whom she describes in her accent as a "Roo-ssian race car driver, very eccentric and aggressive.'' Of course, her first rate driving style made her particularly qualified for the role. She participated in seven starts last season, with her only official retirement by 'accident' came in the Indianapolis 500.

Duno looks forward to the Indy challenge again this year. Milka Duno is not totally a stranger to televison and acting roles.

"I have done what you call here 'the soaps','' she said. "In Venezuela we call them novelas. But Speed Racer was different. It was challenging following the directions of the directors. This is a new thing for me. I am not an actress but I took the opportunity to be in this special movie.''.

The critics have agreed the movie will be a hit. The movie stars Emile Hirsch a Speed Racer, Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer and Christina Ricci and Duno.For more information go to www.milkaduno.com and for media interviews contact Neil Cirucci at 609-513-1689.

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