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Independent Woman


Kelly Rowland joins ''Freddy Vs. Jason'' cast. The Destiny's Child
singer follows ''Goldmember'''s Beyonce Knowles onto the big screen
in the monster matchup by Gary Susman

When the long-awaited ''Freddy vs. Jason'' starts shooting next month
in Vancouver, the two classic horror-movie slashers will face off not
just against each other, but against some terrified young people. One
of them will be a woman with a reputation as a ''Survivor'':
Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland. Cast earlier this week, she joins
fellow frightened teen Brad Renfro (''Ghost World'') and, in his
eighth go-round as Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. And you thought
her bandmate Beyoncé Knowles had some scary adversaries in Goldmember
and Mini-Me.

Rowland, who is currently filming the video for ''Dilemma,'' her duet
with Nelly, tells MTV, ''I remember being on the set with Beyoncé
on 'Austin Powers' and when she did 'Carmen' [MTV's hip-hop version
of the Bizet opera]. She was like, 'You go act. I know you can do
it.' She always thought I had personality. I did a couple of TV spots
[she had a brief recurring role on ABC's ''The Hughleys''], and now
that I'm doing a movie, I'm really excited.''

Englund says he's excited to work with Rowland, too, though he tells
MTV that he had another pop star in mind for another role in the
movie. ''I thought there'd be a great role for Pink. I think this is
just me talking about an idea I had. I don't think that was anything
that anybody ever acted on. But there is a role that seems like it
was almost written for her.''

Hey, maybe she could still do it. MTV reports that no other roles for
the film have been cast yet, not even Jason, even though Kane Hodder,
who's played the hockey-masked killer several times, has been
mentioned for the part. ''Kane is a friend of mine and it makes this
difficult,'' Englund says. '''Cause I think of Kane as Jason. Nobody
does the killing machine like Kane.'' However, he says, ''There may
be a sequence in a flashback, we may see Jason young. Given that,
they may be forced to hire somebody younger.''

Englund, by the way, is 53, and he says that, while there may be yet
another sequel after this one, he can't see playing Freddy
forever. ''I don't want to embarrass myself playing this guy. I don't
want to do 'Freddy vs. Geritol.'''