SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
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Dana - Nov 16, 2006 4:56:22 am PST #5724 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2006 5:12:21 am PST #5725 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Strega - Nov 16, 2006 5:47:40 am PST #5726 of 10001
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).
Sony bought it back in June.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2006 5:57:33 am PST #5727 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sony bought it back in June.
Ah, I missed that bit of news.
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2006 6:04:41 am PST #5728 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
SMG won a Daytime Emmy.
Wow. No wonder Susan Lucci was so bitter.
Actually, if I recall, he didn't do it many favors other than being exceedingly pretty.
True. He is SOOOO pretty.
sj - Nov 16, 2006 6:34:02 am PST #5729 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wow. No wonder Susan Lucci was so bitter.
Yup. It is rumored to be the reason SMG left the show.
Aims - Nov 16, 2006 6:39:31 am PST #5730 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Cruel Intentions is a great movie. IMHO, anyway.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2006 6:41:58 am PST #5731 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Mine, too!
Simply Irresistible, on the other hand, had a magic crab.
Gris - Nov 16, 2006 7:33:20 am PST #5732 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I enjoy Cruel Intentions, but I attribute that to Reese and Ryan (and even Selma) much more than to SMG, whose character I find annoying. Probably the writing of the character as much as anything, but still.
I recently saw Valmont and like equivalent character as played by Annette Bening quite a bit more. A bit less manipulatively evil for the sake of it, with more actual grief and anger at the Cecile character. Plus, nobody could ever qualify Bening as anything less than a stellar actress.
Cashmere - Nov 16, 2006 7:35:01 am PST #5733 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Valmont kicked Dangerous Liasons' Rococo ass.