Thanks, Brian, for ruining my day by bringing me the news that Keira Knightley of all (friggin' fraggin') people might play Zelda/Gloria in the film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned, a novel so far beyond her understanding and talent (not to mention nationality, stature, and demeanor) that I am left speechless to comprehend this casting choice. Stick-Girl, stop ruining my favorite novels!
Brace Yourself: Keira Knightley to Star in Historical Drama
6 years ago
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The Beautiful and Damned isn't Finnegan's Wake. I don't think it's beyond any person's understanding given a reasonable effort to read it.
Maybe I'm tricked by the fact that she's thin, pretty and British, but Keiria Knightley seems to me a good actress, and articulate and intelligent when interviewed.
Oh for the love of GOD, Carolyn, I am so with you on this one. I can't stand her. She's like a frying pan tied to a broomstick, and I have seen zero evidence that she has anything approaching talent.
Let's figure out who would have been a more/equally atrocious choice. I'm going with the obvious: Renee Zelwegger. Or whatever her last name is.
Andy, I didn't mean she couldn't understand it, like comprehend it, just that it involves a world of emotions and experience that she couldn't possibly relate to. Being a prissy, no-talent, pampered British jawbone in fancy clothes.
If they cast her as Gloria, I wonder who'll be Anthony. Perhaps they'll put a Keanu Reeves mask on the executive producer's dog.
It is true that Keira Knightley is no Amanda Bynes.
Speaking of Keanu Reeves, though he is not a good actor, I am always surprised by how good he is at choosing movies. Instinctually, you'd think that he was mostly in horrible movies, but that's just not the case. (Johnny Mnemonic excepted.)
I think Keira Knightly needs to do a Cherlize Theron and uglify herself for a role. Let's see if she's more than a pretty face (I mean, w/her shrinking body, that might not even be possible anymore).
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