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Just like Robert Redford, Damages star Glenn Close is ready to pay her comic-book movie dues.

Marvel has tapped the Oscar nominee to play a Nova Corps (GTS) leader in its forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy tentpole.

Close will share the screen with Chris Pratt, Zoë Saldana, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker (AMC’s The Walking Dead), and John C. Reilly.

OK, I GTSd it: Nova Corps is an intergalactic police force that patrols the Marvelverse.

I think it’s awesome that these movies are finding roles for some of Hollywood’s most iconic old guard members. Sure, they have before, most notably Tommy Lee Jones had a role in Captain America: The First Avenger. But to see TLJ in an action film isn’t surprising.

But Redford and now Close? That’s a different kind of exciting.

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