Early this morning we brought you the breaking news here that Christina Ricci has been hired to play Trixie in the new Wachowski live action version of Speed Racer. As they did when Emile Hirsch was announced as Speed, they’ve wasted no time in putting Ricci in front of a camera to talk about being Speed Racer’s best babe. We’ve got the video for you.

Watch Christina Ricci talk about how cool it is to be in a Wachowski movie, and discuss her take on the character of Trixie by clicking play on the embedded video below: