Was Paris Hilton practicing her acting in jail? I guess so. Just one month after coming out of jail, hotel heiress Hilton has landed a role for herself in an upcoming musical thriller.

Paris has signed on to star in a new futuristic musical thriller called ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera.’ The thriller set in 2056 is all about an organ failure epidemic that forces people to buy expensive genetically modified organs from the evil biotech company Geneco.

The club-hopping Hilton is not just an actor but a good singer too! I doubt so! Well, leave my opinion, the 26-year old overwhelmed the filmmakers with her voice and grabbed a chance for her to sing in this futuristic thriller, which contains musical numbers ranging from opera to rock.

Director of the Repo, Darren Lynn Bousman said,

I have auditioned at least 30 actresses for this role-Paris came in and owned it. She is this role.

The hotel heiress will star in her new flick alongside ‘Spy Kids’ star Alexa Vega and ‘Goodfellas’ actor Paul Sorvino. She plays the daughter of the organ transplant magnate (Veteran actor and opera singer Paul Sorvino) who is the villain of this musical thriller. The film will release in 2009.

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