Zap2it
October 24, 2003
'Alias' Is Just Talkin' 'Bout Shaft
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Richard Roundtree will guest-star
on "Alias" during sweeps. Can you dig it?
Roundtree, the original "Shaft," will appear the episode scheduled
for Sunday, Nov. 23. He'll play Brill, a freelance operative and a
cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about.
In the episode, titled "Breaking Point," Sydney (Jennifer Garner) is
taken into custody by the National Security Council, which wants to
perform a radical surgery to recover her memory of the past two
years. Dad Jack (Victor Garber) and Vaughn (Michael Vartan) want to
stop the surgery.
To do that, however, they have to form an alliance with the oily
Sloane (Ron Rifkin). Roundtree's character is the head of the team
sent in to extract Sydney.
Roundtree burst into stardom in 1971 playing private eye John Shaft
in "Shaft." He reprised the role briefly in the 2000 remake starring
Samuel L. Jackson.
Other recent credits include a stint on the CBS soap "As the World
Turns," the Showtime series "Soul Food" and the 2001 feature
film "AntiTrust."
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