Christina Ricci's 'Speed Queen'

Quirky and Dark Christina Ricci is joining the ever-growing ranks of actors-turned-directors.

Is it written somewhere that an actor has to direct to feel truly complete? We'll wait to pass judgment. At least the project she's picked is right up her alley--the indie feature "Speed Queen."

"Speed Queen" is a simple and happy film about a fast-food clerk (played by Ricci, of course) who goes on a wild--and deadly--road trip with a man and woman and then tells her story to a best-selling author while on death row. The style sounds eerily familiar to another dark comedy Ricci starred in called "The Opposite of Sex," where the entire story is told through narration by the main character. Yet, Ricci is playing it smart--she's chosen something that doesn't seem too hard to direct and she's sticking to what she does best--playing the bad girl you almost root for.