# Perfectly cast beauties **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692 "2010-02-27T22:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/41 "2010-02-28T16:44:21Z")
**Sean Young** in _Blade Runner_. She would have made a great Vicki Vale or Catwoman as well. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/42 "2010-02-28T16:48:52Z")
Perfect - Milla Jovovich “The 5th Element” Perfect - Maureen O’Hara “The Quiet Man” Perfect - Annette Bening “The American President” Perfect - Liv Tyler “That Thing You Do” WTF were they thinking? - Shelley Duvall “The Shining” ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/43 "2010-02-28T16:54:35Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > WTF were they thinking? - Shelley Duvall “The Shining” Not a beauty certainly, but I thought she had a good, scared out of my mind, “I don’t have to be beautiful, I’ll look horrible and sweaty” selfless quality in that role. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/44 "2010-02-28T17:18:50Z")
Johnny Depp in “Benny and Joon”. Much prettier than his female co-star. Only in the movies are nutcases beautiful, funny, and appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/45 "2010-02-28T17:35:11Z")
Some of you may be interested to know, when we visited Gettysburg last year and had a licensed battlefield guide to show us around, I asked if he’d ever guided any celebrities. He had. I asked which were the best-informed about the Civil War and, without hesitation, he said… Lynda Carter! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/46 "2010-02-28T17:44:05Z")
…And I only just noticed that nobody’s yet mentioned Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. Certainly, there are and were more beautiful women, but Fisher brought a sort of grace and nobility to the part that was exactly what it needed. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/47 "2010-02-28T17:52:59Z")
**Sharon Stone** in Basic Instinct. Beautiful, conniving, evil. Perfect for that part. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/48 "2010-02-28T18:03:48Z")
> [@CutterJohn](#): > > Kate Beckinsale in Underworld. Absolutely sublime. They could have had anyone there, the entire film was shot in complete darkness, :mad:so honestly, you have to take the film-makers word it’s actually her. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/49 "2010-02-28T18:05:31Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Kate Winslet in **Titanic**. My first thought, but also, Kate in **Little Children** which was a whole different look, a whole different facet of her beauty, but perfect for the character as well. (She _should_ have won the Oscar for _that_. Oh, Academy, always a year late and a film short.) > [@Glory](#): > > ISorry, can’t agree with Emily Deschanel dressed up as WW. > [@RickJay](#): > > I’d have to disagree, if you’re suggesting Emily Deschanel could play Wonder Woman. I’ve got to agree. Wonder Woman was an _Amazon_. Tall, strong, beautiful. Deschanel is pretty, not beautiful, but more importantly, she’s got a 2010 Hollywood body. Big boobs, oddly sturdy thighs, but strength and endurance? Not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/50 "2010-02-28T18:13:45Z")
**Jennifer Garner** as Electra in _Daredevil_. She was so perfect in the part they had another movie just about Electra, which would’ve been all right if the script to Electra hadn’t been incomprehensible when it wasn’t stupid. ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/51 "2010-02-28T18:23:02Z")
**Romy Schneider** in _La piscine_ (The Swimming Pool) **Audrey Hepburn** in _Roman Holiday_. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/52 "2010-02-28T19:40:27Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > …And I only just noticed that nobody’s yet mentioned Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. Certainly, there are and were more beautiful women, but Fisher brought a sort of grace and nobility to the part that was exactly what it needed. I wouldn’t think particular grace or nobility - more a gutsy no nonsense character to the role - which it needed to stop becoming just another damsel in distress all the time - ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/53 "2010-02-28T19:42:29Z")
I’ll cite Simone Simon in [Cat people 1942](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Simon) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/54 "2010-02-28T20:02:26Z")
**Rebecca DeMornay** in _Risky Business_. Just the right mix of beauty and street smart for the role. ---
**Author:** ![Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/55 "2010-02-28T20:44:47Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Famously hopelessly wrong: Nanette Newman as Carol, ‘The Stepford Wives’ (1975) Have you read William Goldman’s book ‘Adventures in the Screen Trade’? He wrote the screenplay for Stepford Wives, and apparently Newman was the director’s wife. The moment the director floated her name as a possible for the role, Goldman knew the film was sunk - she was the reason why all the other actresses had to wear long flowing skirts, instead of having lots of nubile young things prancing around in shorts and miniskirts. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/56 "2010-02-28T21:07:17Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > To follow **Maiira** ’s lead in nominating men, I think Cary Elwes was perfect as Westley. Handsome and dashing. I’ve never understood why he didn’t become a bigger star. He’s been working steadily since _TPB_, but mostly in supporting roles. Quite honestly, I think Elwes is an actor of very limited skill. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/57 "2010-02-28T22:03:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I wouldn’t think particular grace or nobility - more a gutsy no nonsense character to the role - which it needed to stop becoming just another damsel in distress all the time That too, but the grace struck me more. Consider the medal ceremony at the end of _Star Wars_, for instance (which I maintain is one of the three best scenes in the series for Leia). ---
**Author:** ![Tero1111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Tero1111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tero1111)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/58 "2010-02-28T22:43:42Z")
Nobody has passed Diana Rigg as Mrs Peel for me. [http://www.briscoebarnyard.com/pictures/diana.jpg](http://www.briscoebarnyard.com/pictures/diana.jpg) a teenage crush, me at 13 real girls were too scary then ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/59 "2010-02-28T22:51:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Quite honestly, I think Elwes is an actor of very limited skill. I could name a few big stars who are good-looking but possess what I’d consider quite limited acting abilities ::coughKeanucoughcough::, so I don’t think that’s a dealbreaker in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692/60 "2010-02-28T23:16:57Z")
> [@wintertime](#): > > **Audrey Hepburn** in _Roman Holiday_. Absolutely. And Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole in _How to Steal a Million_. Quite possibly the best looking couple ever captured on film. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had nothing on them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfectly-cast-beauties/530692.md?page=4)