All the hate on Rosie as Betty but.....
No critique on Liz Taylor as Wilma's mother...... Liz Taylor didn't look nor act ANYTHING like Wilma's mother from the cartoon!
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MovieChat Forums > The Flintstones (1994) Discussion > All the hate on Rosie as Betty but.....
Betty is a main character. Wilma's Mother was only a semi-regular. Hence the focus on Rosie over Liz.
Personally, I don't mind Rosie as 'Betty'. She's not the gorgeous, svelte Betty from the cartoon, but it actually makes more sense that a sweet, easy-going schlub like Barney would be married to a more homely-looking woman rather than a complete hottie. Barney, particularly in this film, is presented as a decent guy and not the type to have his head turned so easily by a sexually attractive woman, in contrast to the shallower and more materialistic Fred.
Even in the cartoon, I never really saw Betty as HOT, per se, I saw her as cute. I've noticed many times cute girls like that will be with dumpy not-so-attractive guys. Kinda like Ed and Trixie Norton from the Honeymooners. I thought Trixie was cute but not like "hot".
shareSure, but she was still cuter than Rosie O'Donnell.
Also, I suspect most people would say that cartoon Betty was hotter than cartoon Wilma. Betty had a fuller and sexist face than Wilma, and her voice wasn't as shrill.
Wasn't Janine Turner in the running to play Betty Rubble before they settled on Rosie O'Donnell?
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Rosie_Oandapos_Donnell_as_Betty_Rubble__Worst_casting_in_history_/5-1507559/
https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=janine+turner+betty+rubble&source=bl&ots=7Gy1MTprly&sig=ACfU3U3N0Z_WCXd3J7zEcG42e9SUjImKLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjY0eWT4vnhAhUPnq0KHaLbDQYQ6AEwG3oECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=janine%20turner%20betty%20rubble&f=false
Sure, but she was still cuter than Rosie O'Donnell.
Anybody, or anything (like my pet lizard), is cuter than Rosie O'Donnell.
Confession: I don't even have a pet lizard.
I don't typically like Rosie (I cheered when they said they were going to shoot her zombie in Dawn of the Dead) but even I can admit she was a good fit in that role.
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