The Rock announces Karen Gillan as latest star to join Jumanji sequel

The Doctor Who star will play the female lead in the 'continuation' of the 1995 film 
New role: Karen Gillan will star in the new Jumanji sequel
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Jennifer Ruby31 August 2016
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Karen Gillan is the latest star to sign up to the forthcoming Jumanji sequel.

Announcing the news on his Instagram account, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson confirmed that the Doctor Who star had been added to the cast.

The wrester-turned-actor, who was recently revealed as the highest-paid actor of 2015, admitted that he’d been searching ‘far and wide’ for a ‘girl’ to join the project.

“Between myself, @kevinhart4real Jack Black and @NickJonas we've searched far and wide to find the one person to complete our #JUMANJI family,” he wrote.

“This isn't just any role, but in many ways the most important role of the movie. We had to find a girl. But not just any girl. A girl who has "Chutzpah".

“Guts, nerve and talent to stand her ground and hold her own against Nick's cool rockstar ways, Jack's relentless energy and genius, Kevin's masterful timing and skills and the big, brown, bald tattooed guy who just simply stands there and oooooozes smoldering, captivating, sizzling, can't take your eyes off this brilliant manly man.. never mind I got drunk on the ol' DJ kool aid again.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce a girl who's playing the most important role in our movie - the talented, beautiful and down for a Scottish fight at any time, Ms @KarenGillanOfficial. And yes, this is the girl who is so bad a** she shaved her freaking head for Guardians of the Galaxy.”

The actor went on to confirm that the film wasn’t going to be a remake or a reboot of the original 1995 film, but a ‘continuation’.

He also confirmed that they were due to start production next month in Hawaii, with Jake Kasdan on board as director.

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