Just like in Mists of Avalon. Hated her in that. Whiny and cross. But pretty. Ugh.
But she was playing Guinevere, right? Guineveres are always simpering cows in movie versions. Well, I haven't seen the latest one with Keira Knightley. Hmm, and I kind of liked Cheri Lungi in
Excalibur.
OK, I take back what I said about Guineveres. Maybe it *is* Samantha Mathis after all.
I think her star (such as it was) fell when River Phoenix OD'd. Wasn't she with him the night he died?
I see what a terrific actor Joachim Phoenix grew into in the last decade, and I can't help wondering what his brother would have been like had he lived.
I'll bet agents cast for that specific role all the time...the other guy.
Also watched Sliding Doors tonight. I was in a romantic mood.
And John Hannah can be my other guy any ol' time.
Chronicles of Riddick last night. PEE-yew-pee!
Guineveres are always simpering cows in movie versions.
Vanessa Redgrave? Helen Mirren?
Yeah, I really think it is the Mathis, not the Gwynnies.
I think I remember something about her and River. And yeah, you gotta wonder where he'd be right now. Natalie Merchant's song about him just. kills. me.
Vanessa Redgrave?
Eeek. I loathe
Camelot.
Especially that "If I Ever Leave You" song. God, gag me with a spoon.
Helen Mirren?
Played Morgan Le Fey (and rocked like a a great big rocking thing), not Guinevere.
Played Morgan Le Fey (and rocked like a a great big rocking thing), not Guinevere.
That figures. I mean, that's who
I'd
cast as Morgan Le Fey. It's been a long time since I've seen it. Mostly I remember they scooped up pretty much all the leads from the RSC for it. It's practically a year-book snapshot.
I loathe Camelot.
Oh Vonnie. And I thought we shared a brain.
Heh. I remember back in the late 80s I picked a quartet of actors that I thought were going to go places based on early performances. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, John J. York, and Kelly Preston. I'm happy that the middle two are still working and the last probably doesn't need to anymore, although Julia seems to have sucked up the lion's share of the success.
I saw the "whatever happened to Samantha Mathis" question, and then a big conversation about six degrees of separation, but not sure the question ever got answered.
She was one of the ... uh, seers (?) in Minority Report, was the mother in In America, and was a really hot mermaid arguing with a really hot Larry Mullen Jr in U2's gorgeous "Electrical Storm" video.
Was she also in Sweet and Lowdown? Wasn't she nominated for an Oscar for that?
