Image Credit: Travis Jourdain/PR Photos; Everett CollectionCameron Diaz is set to star in the Gambit remake, in a role made famous by Shirley MacLaine. Now before you go racing off to grab your pitchforks (as we all do whenever any contemporary actress takes on a role previously owned by a legend), let’s think of the reasons that this could actually pay off for audiences — and for Diaz herself. Though it’s been a long while since a Cameron Diaz vehicle has reached bona fide hit status (about eight years, when she headlined Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle — and, no, the Shrek films don’t count), Diaz could nudge her way into that commercial-critical success sweet spot with the Coen Brothers-scripted Gambit, in which she plays a Texan steer roper who helps a robber (played by Colin Firth) enact a crime. Let’s look back at the last part of that sentence: Signing on to star alongside this year’s (favored) Oscar winner in a film scripted by an Academy and audience favorite? There are definitely dumber things she can do. Like, say, The Holiday.  (Read full post)