Mary Louise Parker is so beautiful in this movie.
I personally think each woman in the ensemble is absolutely gorgeous, but Mary Louise Parker is effortlessly stunning in this role. I revisited the movie for the first time in years, and had forgotten what a delicate beauty she is. So perfectly cast. I can definitely buy in to the fact that several people were under her spell. The scene where she's behind the counter and Idgie gives Smokey some alcohol is her at her most striking. She is kind of a Bambi/Melanie Lynskey/Abbie Cornish hybrid.
"It's not like I'm some modern punk, dickhead. It's an obvious, 1977 original punk rock look."