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I have been a major Marilyn fan since I was a little girl (she died when I was 6). I went to see My week with Marilyn extremely skeptical to say the least. But I had to go. Well, Michele Williams managed to capture so many of Marilyn's nuances that there were times I actually forgot it was someone else portraying her. I am now rooting for her to win the Academy Award. Because she managed to do what I always felt was impossible. She became Marilyn in that film and I now have the highest regard for her as an actress.
Interesting. I'll look forward to catching this movie then!
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Reese Witherspoon as June Cash ("Walk the Line")
She doesn't look like her, and Reese is not a particulary good actress. Zooey Deschanel would've been a better fit; at least she can sing.
Different strokes I suppose. I loved Reese in that movie and I enjoyed her singing as well. I don't think the real June Carter had a great voice, she was famous for her personality.
What an odd complaint. Who cares if the actor/actress doesn't look like the real-life person they are portraying... as long as they can act, what does it matter?
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What an odd complaint. Who cares if the actor/actress doesn't look like the real-life person they are portraying... as long as they can act, what does it matter?
Oh I hear Danny Devito is going to play George Washington in an upcoming biopic, I'm sure he'll be convincing . But who cares right, why bother making anything realistic? Let's set a western story in Vermont, let's give Roman soldiers rocket launchers. It's not Monty bloody python lol.
Meryl did a wonderful job making herself seem like Julia Child.
Has there ever been a role Meryl has not done a wonderful job at? That woman has got to be the best actress who has ever lived. She was equally believable as Julia Child and as Margaret Thatcher.
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Has there ever been a role Meryl has not done a wonderful job at? That woman has got to be the best actress who has ever lived. She was equally believable as Julia Child and as Margaret Thatcher.
I know right, ever since I saw her in the Deer Hunter I've been a fan.
Interesting. I'll look forward to catching this movie then! You'll love it
Different strokes I suppose. I loved Reese in that movie and I enjoyed her singing as well. I don't think the real June Carter had a great voice, she was famous for her personality.
I agree with you. Reese was great. Zooey?? Really? She's way to cutsie for that role. I really can't see it.
What an odd complaint. Who cares if the actor/actress doesn't look like the real-life person they are portraying... as long as they can act, what does it matter?
That's exactly right. A good actor can portray someone regardless of whether or not they resemble that person.
I know right, ever since I saw her in the Deer Hunter I've been a fan.
I first saw Meryl in many of the Joseph Papp Shakespeare in the Park productions in NYC. This is going back to the 1970's. I'd seen her in numerous stage plays & musicals. She had/has a terrific singing voice.
I thought Tom Cruise was ridiculous in the part of Lestat in Interview with a Vampire - not just in appearance but he conveyed nothing of the character's personality in the book.
Melanie Griffith as the heroine in Shining Through was also horrible.
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. But who cares right, why bother making anything realistic? Let's set a western story in Vermont, let's give Roman soldiers rocket launchers. It's not Monty bloody python lol.
