level  auditions. Vin Diesel (qv) was behind Griffith but told her she  had to "toughen up". Griffith got a trainer and learned kickboxing  but only had three weeks to prepare for auditions.  Alexa Davalos (qv) got the role. Griffith did give her voice to  _Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004) (V)_ (qv), the  animated short which is intended to bridge the years between  _Pitch Black (2000)_ (qv) and  _Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)_ (qv).