Lea Thompson Is 'Electric'

Posted Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 10:21 AM Central

by John Couture

Actress Lea Thompson has always had the keen ability to hold the audience's attention. Now, she'll get the opportunity to work her magic on her co-stars.

Lea is set to play the lead in her husband's (Howard Deutch) new movie, Electric. The premise of the movie is that Thompson's character is electrocuted and as a result, she inherits the ability to make people fall in love with each other. Unfortunately, her powers fail her when she can't convince the man of her dreams to fall in love with her.