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Post by duchess1 on Sept 23, 2012 2:01:47 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Sept 23, 2012 4:20:38 GMT -5
I think Kidmann is an awful choice. She bears no resemblance. With a bit more weight she might have pulled off a Grace in her later years, but only if she had let go of the botox for a year in advance or so. She is too old and unnatural. She would pull of a trashy better then a Grace. Sorry, but a less well known actress might have done better. I think Naomi Watts would have had more resemblance as well, if there had to be a known name, but she is already playing Diana. Even Michelle Williams might have been able to pull it off with the right make up. But she has already done Marilyn...
I am sorry, but Kidmann looks way too bitchy for a Grace. I know that Grace has often been labelled as cold, but Kidmann is just too much stepford wife for Grace. Grace had a warmth shine through her controlled exterior. Kidmann lacks that entirely. And her Botox addiction isn't helping...
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Post by duchess1 on Sept 23, 2012 7:42:09 GMT -5
Paca, I agree that there may have been other actresses, but with make up and her acting skills she may just surprise us . Nicole is quite a versatile actress but I personally preferred her in the pre cruise days. She did some great work in Australia. ' Bangkok Hilton" comes to mind.. Hopefully she will have a softer look about her too with this role in mind. It will be interesting to see anyway.
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Post by paca on Sept 23, 2012 13:09:16 GMT -5
I think she is past it. She has been too desperate with her botox that no acting skill will be able to beat that. Sorry but she'd be a perfect cast these days for trashy rather then Grace. At least she'd master her expressions and looks the same age. Also since Nicole likes transformation, she could do a before operations and then show her how she eventually managed after numerous operations and injections to get the face of a fading woman in her mid forties. I'm sure they could even fix her up with those crooked teeth and that witchnose... Nicole still has one on stock. If not Emma thompson could help out with some leftovers from Nanny McPhee.
Btw IMO Emma would make a great elderly Grace, in case anyone would ever want to do her final years...unless they sign Meryl...
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Post by duchess1 on Sept 24, 2012 8:41:18 GMT -5
As you say paca, Emma would be wonderful playing Grace in later years, but I also have a soft spot for Catherine Deneuve. She always reminds me of her anyway, and she is a good actress and speaks french.
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Post by vamilkshake on Sept 24, 2012 9:14:56 GMT -5
They should have gone with a complete unknown who was gorgeous.
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Post by paca on Sept 24, 2012 13:57:26 GMT -5
yup, that would have been much better. this is a typical Hollywood marketing decision. IMO they are probably not too convinced of the movie to begin with. Getting a name and the media in, is a way of damage control before it even starts. I honestly fail to see the relevance of this movie.
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Post by smt on Sept 26, 2012 8:18:48 GMT -5
Actually Kidman should be playing Trampolina. She has the botox thing down pat!
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Post by paca on Sept 26, 2012 12:57:09 GMT -5
Actually Kidman should be playing Trampolina. She has the botox thing down pat! exactly, she'd be perfect to play trashy. as Grace she is miscasted.
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Post by emmeline on Sept 26, 2012 15:41:45 GMT -5
They should have gone with a complete unknown who was gorgeous. Agree. Nicole doesn't resemble Grace at all. Nothing against her, but i always think the actor should at least has a slight resemblance to the (famous/known) person that is going to portrait. I also think Naomi Watts could have been more accurable to play Grace. Or January Jones (mostly because her character in Mad Men looks quite Grace Kelly - esque) Also, (not that it matters...too much?) Nicole is significantly taller than Grace, and older than the Grace she will play, right? Funny, Naomi is portraying Di in a movie. Amy Adams kinda look like Grace in this one:
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Post by paca on Oct 1, 2012 15:42:49 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Oct 1, 2012 15:53:48 GMT -5
I agree about Amy adams, she has a lot more of the Grace look. SHe looks softer and warmer. Nicole looks bitchy. Sorry, but she really doesn't have the Grace vibe. SHe has more of a trashy vibe. Guess having married Tom to get famous has left it's marks I think January Jones in this one would have been an excellent choice freeipad2wallpaper.com/walls/12_january_jones-other.jpg
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Post by agentf on Oct 1, 2012 15:59:03 GMT -5
Amy Adams, hands down.
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Post by paca on Oct 5, 2012 8:37:17 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Oct 5, 2012 8:39:16 GMT -5
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Post by paca on Oct 9, 2012 15:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by sandsla on Oct 9, 2012 16:02:38 GMT -5
I think Kidmann is an awful choice. She bears no resemblance. With a bit more weight she might have pulled off a Grace in her later years, but only if she had let go of the botox for a year in advance or so. She is too old and unnatural. She would pull of a trashy better then a Grace. Sorry, but a less well known actress might have done better. I think Naomi Watts would have had more resemblance as well, if there had to be a known name, but she is already playing Diana. Even Michelle Williams might have been able to pull it off with the right make up. But she has already done Marilyn... I am sorry, but Kidmann looks way too bitchy for a Grace. I know that Grace has often been labelled as cold, but Kidmann is just too much stepford wife for Grace. Grace had a warmth shine through her controlled exterior. Kidmann lacks that entirely. And her Botox addiction isn't helping... My thought exactly, although I really don't have a problem with Nicole for something else, even overly botoxed, but I think she is wrong in many respects to play Grace. Namoi, was the first person I thought of too, she has more mystery about her with being real and down to earth, and I think Grace had that going for her too while still being elegant and princess like. Even a non established actress would have been better. Nicole is just going to be Nicole playing dress up. I think she's too tall also. I wish they would have chosen someone else to play Grace. Something about Nicole playing her makes it seem kind of cheesy and b movie, even though she's an established actress--bad choice in my opinion. I think too Michele Williams, or an unkown foreign actress would have been better. They should have given it more thought. Nicole is too much of an open book to play the part in my opinion.
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Post by paca on Oct 9, 2012 17:37:31 GMT -5
Nicole is a marketing choice. It's the kind of thing they do when they don't trust a movie enough to make it on its own. And I guess for a big name Nicole was cheap to get. She is beyond shelflife in Hollywood. She hasn't been in anything worth mentioning for some time. SHe has to take anything these days just so she doesn't get forgotten. SHe keeps walking carpets, but people start asking why? I don't remember the last big hit she had. ANd her movies were never really for a wide audience.... here is a bit from MC matin www.monacomatin.mc/menton/video-nicole-kidman-tourne-grace-of-monaco-a-menton.1014246.html
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Post by emmeline on Oct 9, 2012 17:51:01 GMT -5
Oh dear. I only see Nicole Kidman in maternity clothes look alike. She doesn't resemble Grace at all. I guess the producers of the movie didn't think the film will be succesful so they had to get an A-list, supposedly bankable, actress to play Grace.
Nah, this film will flop. Maybe i'm wrong...but right now i think it will flop.
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Post by paca on Oct 10, 2012 8:33:49 GMT -5
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