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Julia Roberts = Unimpressed??

posted 3 years ago by esshor (113)
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Julia Roberts is certainly an attractive woman/actress. But I couldn't help but feel the level and opinion/expectation of her appearance was somewhat overblown for this film. She's not a heartstopping, heartthrobbing, diehard, absolutely gorgeous beauty. Thereby making all the constant references and scene angles/implications actually just not believable/accurate/fitting.
I'm not saying she's unattractive. But couldn't help but feel someone more like an Angelia Jolie, Megan Fox, or a Scarlett Johansson would've been better/more believeable.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 3 years ago

Anna Scott needed to have an aura of vulnerability and approachability that the actors you just named all lack. Angelia Jolie, Megan Fox, and even Scarlett Johansson have a glamour about them that Robert lacks.

Anna Scott could've been played by Sandra Bullock perhaps, but Roberts herself was still a big enough star at the time that her casting added a bit of meta-reality to the role. We get to imagine that she's literally playing herself and sharing her real life vulnerabilities.

[–] smidget28 (781) 2 years ago

I agree with this.

[–] bozo_500 (12537) 2 years ago

Could Pamela Anderson have worked ?

[–] liscarkat (17106) 2 years ago

Oh, gad!

[–] VonFisch (354) 2 years ago

It is said the movie was based on Uma Thurman and a friend of Richard Curtiss.

[–] pepetoony (1566) 2 years ago

Agreed. "Most beautiful woman in the world"?? You need to get out of the house more, bruh!

[–] ozz969 (367) 2 years ago

Julia Roberts was great for this role, her smile during the Elvis Costello song was magic, even if the scene was a bit long. But horseface Scarlett Johansson? Don't even think she holds a candle to Julia.