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Cool. Really interesting.
By:LTX
Date: Sunday, 3 February 2008, 6:07 pm
In Response To: Replacement for #10 and #4 (CB)

The juices are flowing. Yeah, I forgot Renee Zellweger. She's great. I adored her in Bridget Jones and then she played that totally different part in Chicago. Superb.

I loved Kidmen in Far and Away. She made that film as much or more than Cruise.

> I was so caught up in the spell of the Antonio Bandaras pinup
> that I put too much weight on his female lead, Salma Hayek, as
> one of my top 10 favorites. I want to revise my 10th choice to:

> 10. Nicole Kidman Now she is a supremely glamorous
> actress with a substantial body of work. She's also a redhead,
> so I didn't pack my list too heavily with classic Hollywood
> blonds. I first fell in love with her in 1989 when she appeared
> in the TV miniseries Bangkock Hilton. Loved her in Practical
> Magic, Eyes Wide Shut, The Hours, Cold Mountain...and while I'm
> thinking about Cold Mountain, which is probably my
> all-time favorite movie of the last 5 years...umm,

> I want to replace Renee Zellweger, as my Number 4
> pick. I think she's a contemporary version of Greta Garbo, as
> far as being an actress who plays memorable female characters in
> cinema. I identified heavily with her character Ruby Thewes in
> Cold Mountain...you know, that sshitpy little redneck girl who
> saved the farm for the city girl Ada (Kidman). I also loved
> Zellweger as Nurse Betty and Bridget Jones. I'm still waiting to
> see her as Miss Potter.

> Sorry about all the revising of the list. I hadn't really
> thought much about this topic until last night. Thanks for the
> fun!

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