Heh. Plei: does it hurt that she's expressed regret over taking that role several times? To be fair, her reasoning has nothing to do with the quality of the movie and more to do with the disturbing psychology of being a sex symbol at the age of twelve, but still.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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Gris - May 23, 2005 10:29:26 am PDT #3193 of 10002
Hey. New board.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 10:30:21 am PDT #3194 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So? Can she do anything else?
Other than act and look pretty? Perhaps -- but how much are you asking of her?
P.M. Marc - May 23, 2005 10:30:49 am PDT #3195 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
And I'd rather meet Alyson Hannigan than either of them, and she's both married and too old for me.
t person from same crop as AH mutters something about kids getting offa my lawn...
Damn, I know that my comic book store guy and I were just talking about this yesterday, but when the fuck did I get old?
t shakes walker at whippersnappers.
P.M. Marc - May 23, 2005 10:32:43 am PDT #3196 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
All I expect from actors is the acting and the looking pretty. If one's strong enough, I'll ignore the other.
Gris - May 23, 2005 10:33:42 am PDT #3197 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Hey, I didn't make the half-plus-seven rule.
Frankenbuddha - May 23, 2005 10:34:08 am PDT #3198 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Damn, I know that my comic book store guy and I were just talking about this yesterday, but when the fuck did I get old?
Gives people complaining about being old who are at least a decade younger than him the stinkeye.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 10:35:33 am PDT #3199 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't make the half-plus-seven rule.
It's not the rule-makers I look askance at, it's the blind rule-followers. AH shows up heartbroken, newly single, and in need of comfort at your doorstep, and you whip out your ... calculator?
Tsk, tsk.
erikaj - May 23, 2005 10:36:33 am PDT #3200 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
As an actress she strikes me as good at looking pretty in a way that doesn't make me sweat...maybe I haven't seen her best work. I meant like "comic timing" or something, not discovering cures for cancer.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 10:38:23 am PDT #3201 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Have you seen The Professional, erika? It's amazing, and she's really good in it. I have no idea if she has any comic timing, but I don't need all actors to be able to do everything (though it's nice if they can and they're cute too).
Lyra Jane - May 23, 2005 10:38:52 am PDT #3202 of 10002
Up with the sun
All I expect from actors is the acting and the looking pretty. If one's strong enough, I'll ignore the other.
Me too. It's nice if they're witty and interesting in interviews, but someone basically has to be a vocal supporter of the Ku Klux Klan for me to write them off based on what they do offscreen. Besides, they're actors, so even if they act witty and interesting for a journalist, that's no proof they really are in private life. (I think Reese Witherspoon is one of the few performers to point this out, for which I almost admire her.)
And on NP -- I think Natalie Portman was a tremendously interesting actress at 12 or 14, but her adult performances haven't lived up to The Professional or Beautiful Girls yet.