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Rose McGowan as Bettie?

posted 18 years ago by AngelWhoWaited
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I apologize if this has been brought up on another post, but I caught the movie last night and my first thought was Rose McGowan would have been prefect as Bettie Page.

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[–] Riotboy-1 17 years ago

Grecthen Mol > Rose Mcgowen as Bettie Page. She's mesmerizing in this film, the sun and moon's light balance within her eyes.

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[–] Li-1 17 years ago

Gretchen Mol was perfect (and perfect-looking) in this film. I don't think Rose McGowan would have been even half as good in the role.

[–] AnnoyingCustomer37 16 years ago

Anybody but the generic, skinny blond. I can't believe they passed up curvy brunette actresses for Gretchen Mol, WTF??

[–] Carly_fan 16 years ago

Rose McGowan doesn't have the body for it. She may be beautiful by today's standards, but you have to remember Bettie was full-figured and in her 30s. Gretchen had more of the "Rubenesque" body type that was popular in the 50s. Marilyn M. also had the same type of body.

[–] Journeyman1 16 years ago

Rose McGowan doesn't have the body for it. She may be beautiful by today's standards, but you have to remember Bettie was full-figured and in her 30s.

Rose used to have the body for it. If you look at her work before Charmed, she's lost some weight.

[–] maclasch 16 years ago

Bettie was not "rubinesque" or fat. She was fit and a bit more curvy than models are today. I wouldn't say she was bigger than a modern size 8, which is not big at all. She had a perfect body.

[–] kyzasoze2003 16 years ago

I thought Gretchen was good as Bettie Page. Would've been interesting to see Rose in the role. Maybe if there's another film about her, they could cast her?

[–] Carly_fan 16 years ago

>>She was fit and a bit more curvy than models are today<<

what do you think Rubenesque means? it doesn't mean fat, if you look at the original. These days, it's used as a euphemism for large (overweight) women, which is incorrect.

[–] MilkWithHoney 16 years ago

why do people keep forgetting that Rose McGowan is only an okay actress, she isn't good enough for these roles or she would get them.

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[–] maclasch 16 years ago

I had no idea. I thought rubenesque meant very large.

[–] oneironaut-1 16 years ago

I don't know. I've looked at some of Rubens' work and I don't know that I'd call them "fit and curvy." Well, only if I was using that as a euphemism for a little flabby. In which case the word "fit" would then be a lie and "curvy" would be an understatement.

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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 16 years ago

I thought Bettie had an innocent charisma about her? Isn't that a pertinent quality? Rose does not have that innocence. The actress they've chosen certainly has that innocent aura about her, I've seen many of her past films & she always had this sweetness from the 1930s, she doesn't even seem like she belongs in our time period but back in old Classic hollywood.

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[–] cocobug1 14 years ago

I must admit, I was left thinking she could have been better potrayed.

In my opinion Rose McGowan would have been fantastic.

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[–] stephtastrophe 10 years ago

I thought Gretchen Mol was perfect in the role, I could see anyone else. Especially not Rose McGowen as her. Gretchen looked quite a bit like her.

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[–] krispykremekiller 8 years ago

Certainly she could have. Debi Mazar as well. Gretchen Moll does such a great job here, it's hard to imagine anyone else. This is a perfect portrayal, IMO.