Alice Eve has been cast as Emma Frost
Jul. 6th, 2010 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seriousfic(It's the chick from She's Out Of My League, the comedy with the high-concept premise that a hot woman is attracted to a schlubby guy. For the sequel, maybe they can have a kid who's a wise-ass.)
Worrisome. I at least expected an uninspired "British femme fatale" actor like Kate Beckinsale or Rhona Mitra who could do the part in her sleep. I thought a name actress was minimum requirement there, given she is the female lead of the X-Men at the moment.
Now, admittedly, she does look more Emma-y than Sigourney Weaver, who was Bryan Singer's choice for the role. And she does have the necessary qualifications for the role. (NSFW. Why am I the pervert? She's the one who doesn't have any clothes on.) Yes, it actually is important in this case. With someone like Psylocke, the T&A is fan service, while Emma's use of her sexuality is an important part of her character. Just for starters, she used to be a flat-chested teen with mousy brown hair. That didn't last long.
A plus: Willingness to be photographed in ridiculous outfits. Very important requirement to play Emma Frost, inventor of the bra-cape.
Buuut…
There are two kinds of actresses in Hollywood. On the one hand, you have hard-working women who want only to improve their craft and make the best of parts that are usually woefully underwritten ("I'm the hero's girlfriend and I'm concerned. By the way, did you know my boyfriend is heterosexual?"). And on the other hand, you have women who get breast implants. They get parts because, when they're "interviewed" in lad magazines, the writer will say when the movie is coming out, thus building awareness among the lucrative frat boy audience. No sexism, there are absolutely male actors with the exact same "appeal."
Pictured: ACTING!
So I'm really hoping Alice Eve is the former and notHalle Berry the latter.
Worrisome. I at least expected an uninspired "British femme fatale" actor like Kate Beckinsale or Rhona Mitra who could do the part in her sleep. I thought a name actress was minimum requirement there, given she is the female lead of the X-Men at the moment.
Now, admittedly, she does look more Emma-y than Sigourney Weaver, who was Bryan Singer's choice for the role. And she does have the necessary qualifications for the role. (NSFW. Why am I the pervert? She's the one who doesn't have any clothes on.) Yes, it actually is important in this case. With someone like Psylocke, the T&A is fan service, while Emma's use of her sexuality is an important part of her character. Just for starters, she used to be a flat-chested teen with mousy brown hair. That didn't last long.
A plus: Willingness to be photographed in ridiculous outfits. Very important requirement to play Emma Frost, inventor of the bra-cape.
Buuut…
There are two kinds of actresses in Hollywood. On the one hand, you have hard-working women who want only to improve their craft and make the best of parts that are usually woefully underwritten ("I'm the hero's girlfriend and I'm concerned. By the way, did you know my boyfriend is heterosexual?"). And on the other hand, you have women who get breast implants. They get parts because, when they're "interviewed" in lad magazines, the writer will say when the movie is coming out, thus building awareness among the lucrative frat boy audience. No sexism, there are absolutely male actors with the exact same "appeal."
Pictured: ACTING!
So I'm really hoping Alice Eve is the former and not
