I'm of two minds on the subject. Another possibility might have been to cast Kyle as a Latina, like maybe Salma Hayek or Jennifer Lopez. Judd does have a certain feline spark in her eyes that Michelle Pfeiffer also has, and she's certainly fit-looking. Ashley Judd it is. She had just better be ready to spend a great deal of time strapped up in a harness for the cat-like acrobatics fans are going to be expecting.
Projects can move quickly, sometimes, but that's far from ordinary.
I'd expect this to perhaps be a strong 2003 possibility. What we need to know, however, is who's directing.