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Kristen Scott Thomas, right?
Nope, Anna Chancellor. Kristin plays the friend who has secretly been in love with him all along, but she doesn't get him to the altar.
Whoot! Why did I forget that?
Plus there's that great shot from above of Hugh crumpling onto a gravestone on the church floor after the punch connects.
Nope, it's not KST who clobbers Hugh in 4Ws&aF. She plays the stalwart best friend who never catches his fancy.
Anna Chancellor plays the whiney ex-girlfriend, "Hen"rietta, whom Hugh finally agrees to marry.
That movie introduced me to John Hannah-love. Man, he was great.
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Duckface!
Her character was such a wackjob though. In contrast, most guys who get left at the altar by the girls tend to be decent and stodgy sorts.
I'm not sure this counts as a jilt, but what about My Best Friend's Wedding? Julia Roberts's character does not come off well at all.
But then, the only sympathetic main character (Rupert Everett) isn't involved with the wedding at all.
The altar thing comes to mind because I saw Philadelphia Story recently. Not as deft a jilt as It Happened One Night, but I give the chick credit for being broken and only working that out as the wedding loomed -- it was less that she was marrying the wrong guy, and more that she was the wrong bride. But still -- the re-marriage was inevitable because why else cast Cary, but I didn't see it that strong textually.
The altar thing comes to mind because I saw Philadelphia Story recently.
That's funny, because I figured it was because of the endless ads for Runaway Bride that have been playing on whatever channel is about show it.
ita, you should see Ever After. Dougray Scott is hot.
Dougray Scott is hot.
He is that, but I'm still extremely glad that he was so busy filimg MI:2 that he couldn't take the part of Wolverine in X-Men that was offered to him.
I'm not sure this counts as a jilt, but what about My Best Friend's Wedding? Julia Roberts's character does not come off well at all.
The fact that Julia Roberts's character is portrayed as kind of a psycho is my very favorite thing about that movie.
He is that, but I'm still extremely glad that he was so busy filimg MI:2 that he couldn't take the part of Wolverine in X-Men that was offered to him.
Yes. I saw X2 again Friday and was just completely amazed by how well Hugh Jackman made that role his own.