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She could've been working in Wal-Mart.
Nah. She was working in daytime tv on a soap (Susan Lucci's character's daughter). If she hadn't landed Buffy, I suspect she'd have a few daytime emmy's to her name.
I agree with Plei in that she's a good small screen actress with a modicum of talent. I would hope that even if she resents Buffy a little, that she understands and respects Joss and what the show did for her--but she may only do that when she visits her accountant.
Huh, I thought SMG was pretty consistently outstanding as Buffy. She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
I'm with Gloomcookie. I don't much like the actress on a personal level, but I thought she generally did a very good job across the board (other than "Halloween") until the writing started letting her down. And I've thought her good in every film role I've seen her in except for the execrable Scooby Doo movies.
Huh, I thought SMG was pretty consistently outstanding as Buffy. She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Right. Even her attempts to do indie movies have been backfiring (see HARVARD MAN - or don't - and SOUTHLAND TALES which was the other big bete noir at Cannes besides Marie Antoinette - and was much more roundly despised, and has yet to pick up a distributor).
She's just picking the wrong big screen roles.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
I think The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing could be a good choice, though, if the movie's any good. Oh, and the Alice movie, too.
I never understood all the distaste for SMG. But I don't read a lot of the personal stuff about her.
Two words: Simply Irresistible.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Yeah, not even Sean Patrick Flanery could save that movie. (Actually, if I recall, he didn't do it many favors other than being exceedingly pretty.)
SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
I think SMG regards acting as a job with a skillset rather than as an art, or a calling. Which isn't necessarily a problem, but I think it's part of why (IMO) she's never better than the material she's given. She's very reliable, and very professional, but not very creative. (The overall suckiness of Harvard Man aside, it seemed to me like she was really struggling with the improv. Her scenes went on for-fucking-ever because she never made a choice in any of them, she just reacted.)
I also think it's why she seems to be satisfied playing the Horror Victim of the Week -- it's good money and reliable work. I don't get the sense that she craves creative challenges.