Carla Gugino cast as 'Sucker Punch' madam

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Carla Gugino has been added to the cast of Zack Snyder's fantasy action film Sucker Punch, says Variety.

Reuniting with her Watchmen director, Gugino will play a nurse at an all-girl insane asylum who becomes a madam when several patients slip into an alternate reality.

Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Chung and Jena Malone will lead the female-centric cast.

Production on Warner Bros's Sucker Punch commences in the autumn, with director Snyder also producing alongside wife Deborah.

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