# Do People Hate Anne Hathaway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376 "2013-02-25T21:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/61 "2013-02-26T14:45:13Z")
I like the fact that she doesn’t have conventionally beautiful features - it makes her more interesting. And besides, if a cro-magnon like Daniel Craig can be considered one of the sexiest men alive, I think we should cut women some slack. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/62 "2013-02-26T17:11:36Z")
Well, I guess some people think the Dark Lady is more interesting, since she’s all mysterious and stuff. And then there are the ones who picture her as an unprincipled older women who got knocked up and trapped poor, innocent young Will into marriage, but for all we know, they could have been engaged before Susanna was conceived – :: looks around thread :: _Oh._ Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/63 "2013-02-26T17:36:38Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > She just oozes “gosh and golly” with a sprinkle of “gee wilikers” and a dash of “oh my!”. Some people might buy into this role of precious, innocent waif, but I ain’t one of them. > > I think she reeks of insincerity, trying too hard to be the frail porcelan doll that needs a protective cuddle…my guess is she is more of a nasty little bitch with a vindictive side and would sooner stab you in the back than let you step on her lines in a movie or on stage. Sort of a grown up Bad Seed/All About Eve persona. > > Maybe I have been around too many theatrical divas, but this girl is milking it for all it’s worth and only the clueless are buying it…everyone else back stage is throwing up and hoping she really does break a fuckin’ leg. _rowr_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/64 "2013-02-26T18:05:23Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I like the fact that she doesn’t have conventionally beautiful features - it makes her more interesting. And besides, if a cro-magnon like Daniel Craig can be considered one of the sexiest men alive, I think we should cut women some slack. Double standards are double. Looking cro-magnon is a lot manlier than being a pretty-boy. And unless you’re a teenage girl or a gay guy, the more manly the more sexy. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/65 "2013-02-26T18:07:53Z")
I’m pretty apathetic to her overall but I do get the sense that she shot my wife’s dog. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/66 "2013-02-26T18:27:54Z")
Now, see, a statement like that just asks the reader to make too many assumptions about how you feel about your wife, and her dog. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/67 "2013-02-26T18:29:34Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > And unless you’re a teenage girl or a gay guy, the more manly the more sexy. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/68 "2013-02-26T18:31:25Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > :dubious: Yeah, I keep trying to figure out which one my wife is. I have pretty good evidence she’s neither. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/69 "2013-02-26T18:32:46Z")
If we’re deciding that people are annoying because they’re not good looking enough, I need to get mad at a whole lot more people. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/70 "2013-02-26T19:59:08Z")
[Relevant article from Salon.](http://www.salon.com/2013/02/26/anne_hathaway_hollywoods_most_polarizing_star/) Incidentally, since I’m too lazy to check out IMDB, what movies does Hathaway have in the pipeline? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/71 "2013-02-26T20:09:10Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > In the interests of science, I will be happy to take both actresses and go carefully over them inch-by-inch to ensure that we have no alien actresses among us. > > Sometimes you just gotta take one (or two) for the team… Because this post isn’t creepy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/72 "2013-02-26T20:11:30Z")
Ok, what does it say about me that I wondered what people had against Shakespeares wife? I’m not an old fogey, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/73 "2013-02-26T20:13:55Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > In another thread, a poster said that in the past couple of years opinions of Anne Hathaway have taken a turn for the worse. > > Is this so? If so, why? I don’t know, but I think she’s as cute as a button. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/74 "2013-02-26T20:22:43Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > I liked her in Love and Other Drugs, that she was naked quite a bit was just an added plus. You and I saw it…and maybe six other people. Damn shame, as it allowed he to demonstrate a lot more range than most of the work she has gotten. And, indeed, it featured quite a bit of very high quality nakedness. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/75 "2013-02-26T20:52:53Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I like the fact that she doesn’t have conventionally beautiful features - it makes her more interesting. And besides, if a cro-magnon like Daniel Craig can be considered one of the sexiest men alive, I think we should cut women some slack. Yeah, but the female equivalent of Daniel Craig would be someone along the lines of Sophia Loren or Jennifer Lawrence. (curvy, feminine and very good looking). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/76 "2013-02-26T21:08:35Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > I was going to post something pissy about how folks are bitching about a physical characteristic over which she has no control. I got waaay too cranky so I will leave it at that. I will be pissy for you if you wish. As I said upthread, I don’t find her especially attractive; I’m a face man, so if I don’t like a woman’s face I won’t be into her. But I’m utterly mystified as to why disliking a facial feature would lead to disliking a person as a whole. I don’t even mean that I disapprove of the attitude; I don’t understand how anybody makes that leap. It’s like saying “Erykah Badu’s favorite color is green, so I curse her and all her pomps.” ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/77 "2013-02-26T21:12:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Yeah, but the female equivalent of Daniel Craig would be someone along the lines of Sophia Loren or Jennifer Lawrence. (curvy, feminine and very good looking). No, I’d say the female Daniel Craig would be someone like Alex Kingston (currently best known as River Song on _Doctor Who_). [Not conventionally beautiful, but sexy as hell](https://www.google.com/search?q=Alex+Kingston&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=dqn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wyQtUeLwIeOM2gX7kIDoAw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1867&bih=957). The opposite of someone like Natalie Portman, who is beautiful, but almost asexual. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/78 "2013-02-26T21:13:11Z")
I thought Hathaway was excellent as 99 in the Get Smart movie, and I was all set to hate her because I loved Barbara Feldon’s original 99. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/79 "2013-02-26T21:14:47Z")
I think she’s a great actress, probably one of my favorites of her age range. I also think she believes she is being genuine, but it’s a rehearsed sincerity. One of the few times I’ve heard her speak as herself and it truly came across as personally meaningful to the point where she didn’t care about the reactions of others was when she was speaking about gay rights. (Her brother is homosexual.) She’s had a lot of backlash recently because of her Oscar campaign… there’s nothing wrong with hardcore campaigning, but she never owned it… she was overexposed and annoyingly fake humble shtick got very old very fast. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376/80 "2013-02-26T21:16:11Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > No, I’d say the female Daniel Craig would be someone like Alex Kingston (currently best known as River Song on _Doctor Who_). [Not conventionally beautiful, but sexy as hell](https://www.google.com/search?q=Alex+Kingston&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=dqn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=wyQtUeLwIeOM2gX7kIDoAw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1867&bih=957). The opposite of someone like Natalie Portman, who is beautiful, but almost asexual. One of my esteemed comrades will be along in a moment to argue that Portman is anything but asexual. As for me, I will only say that I decline to ever watch _The Professional_ because I don’t want my appreciation of her as a hot chick to be sullied by knowing what she was like as a 14-year-old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/651376.md?page=5)