Stand out offdee scale roles (1 Viewer)

[parasaurolophus]

What are some examples of roles where an actress far exceeded her actual draft value? 

Kelly Mcgylis in top gun would be a great example.

I would say that Bridget Moynahan looked absurdly hot in Coyote Ugly and has never duplicated such a level. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

I know its generational, but i never got the knuckle-biting for either Natalie Portman or Emma Watson after their franchise flicks.

Speaking of Star Wars, Princess Leia was a str8up very unlikely source of so many baby boners

 

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Brittany Murphy in 8 mile

 

[wikkidpissah]

Band name?

Baby Boners was actually the name of my one-man show on modern parenthood. Critics called it "inconvenient" and "premature"

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Brittany Murphy in 8 mile

She was pretty hot in everything though 

 

[comfortably numb]

Tea Leoni in that bad boys movie?

 

[Ray Barboni]

Maya Rudolph in “Idiocracy”

 

[Judge Smails]

Mila Kunis I’m Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Jessica Alba in Honey/Into the Blue. 

Wait - may not be playing this right 

 

[parasaurolophus]

Anne Hathaway as catwoman

 

[parasaurolophus]

Mila Kunis I’m Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Jessica Alba in Honey/Into the Blue. 

Wait - may not be playing this right 

I think the underwater bikini footage of Alba in Into the Blue is in another stratosphere to anything else she has done. 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Charlize in Monster

Martin Landau in Ed Wood

 

[wikkidpissah]

Charlize in Monster

Martin Landau in Ed Wood

I think the underwater bikini footage of Landau in Ed Wood is in another stratosphere to anything else he has done. 

 

[otb_lifer]

Linda Kozlowski in one of those Crocodile Dundee flix

Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies"

Lisa Kudrow in "Michelle & Romy"

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I think the underwater bikini footage of Landau in Ed Wood is in another stratosphere to anything else he has done. 

Well-deserved Oscar for his turn as Boris Karloff.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Tea Leoni in that bad boys movie?

Also amazing in Dharma and Greg and 2 guys a girl and a pizza place.

 

[bostonfred]

I will never see Amy Adams the same again after American Hustle

 

[bostonfred]

Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies"

This is a fantastic example

 

[JoeSteeler]

I will never see Amy Adams the same again after American Hustle

she was super hot in The Office as Jim's GF as well

 

[otb_lifer]

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia

Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles

 

[bryhamm]

Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies"

This is a fantastic example

Except for that whole Trading Places movie

 

[otb_lifer]

Except for that whole Trading Places movie

meh ... she flashed in TP, sure - but that Vamp up in "True Lies" was epic

plus, there was no stipulation of one role per entry - regardless, TL >> TP, imo

 

[General Malaise]

Katherine Keener in Being John Malkovich.

Love her so hard but she's not all that hot.  Was super sexy in that movie, though.

Also hot with Anne Heche in Walking and Talking.  Heche could hot up for an otherwise austere woman.  IMO.

Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm.  Wowzers.  Not attractive to me in other roles, but boy...she flipped a switch in that underrated gem of a film.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Except for that whole Trading Places movie

so weak in Perfect, too

 

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Linda Kozlowski in one of those Crocodile Dundee flix

Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies"

Lisa Kudrow in "Michelle & Romy"

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Katherine Keener in Being John Malkovich.

Love her so hard but she's not all that hot.  Was super sexy in that movie, though.

Also hot with Anne Heche in Walking and Talking.  Heche could hot up for an otherwise austere woman.  IMO.

Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm.  Wowzers.  Not attractive to me in other roles, but boy...she flipped a switch in that underrated gem of a film.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Aliyah in Queen of the Damned definitely kicked the hotness up a few notches

 

[otb_lifer]

so weak in Perfect, too

IN before "Halloween"  

 

[Frostillicus]

This isn't exactly what I think we're looking for, but both Jennifer Love Hewitt in Heartbreakers and Elisha Cuthbert in Girl Next Door went from whatever lofty number you have them at to completely breaking any ranking scale.

 

[arrow1]

IN before "Halloween"  

yes

 

[wikkidpissah]

IN before "Halloween"  

naw, she looked liked Gronkowski innat. and i never knew what that emoji meant...

 

[otb_lifer]

 Heche could hot up for an otherwise austere woman.  IMO

plz to see "Wild Side" (with Heche/Joan Chen/Walken) ASAP if you haven't already been .... treated 

 

[parasaurolophus]

"Natalie portman in the professional"

/homer

 

[Don Quixote]

As I was just watching The Fabulous Baker Boys for the 1989 poll, I think Michelle Pfeiffer there (particularly the scene where she sings Makin' Whoopee) could qualify. 

 

[trogg78]

Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a hot tin roof.

 

[HellToupee]

Mimi Rogers in Full Body Massage

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

naw, she looked liked Gronkowski innat. and i never knew what that emoji meant...

I'll never see Gronkowski the same way again.

 

[otb_lifer]

This isn't exactly what I think we're looking for, but both Jennifer Love Hewitt in Heartbreakers and Elisha Cuthbert in Girl Next Door went from whatever lofty number you have them at to completely breaking any ranking scale.

along these lines - Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights"

 

[ShamrockPride]

Kate Winslet in Titanic.

Looked so damn good with that red hair. Never saw her approach that hotness again.

 

[Kanil]

along these lines - Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights"

100% sure she's the reason anyone watched that movie more than once.  Multiple actors should thank her for launching their acting career by being the biggest success factor of that movie.

 

[playin4beer]

This thread gets an F- for the lack of links with pics....

 

[Epic Problem]

100% sure she's the reason anyone watched that movie more than once.  Multiple actors should thank her for launching their acting career by being the biggest success factor of that movie.

Macy, Hoffman even Burt Reynolds were all fantastic in that movie. 

 

[arrow1]

This thread gets an F- for the lack of links with pics....

 

[otb_lifer]

This thread gets an F- for the lack of links with pics....

we eagerly await your pic contribution(s)

 

[belljr]

Also amazing in Dharma and Greg and 2 guys a girl and a pizza place.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

"Natalie portman in the professional"

/homer

Survey Says...

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Maria Bello - A History of Violence

 

[Captain Cranks]

along these lines - Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights"

Back when I was a cable installer I had sex with Heather Graham.  She wasn't that good.  

 

[parasaurolophus]

along these lines - Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights"

Heather graham is always fantastic. That woman simply hasnt aged a bit. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Back when I was a cable installer I had sex with Heather Graham.  She wasn't that good.  

I've heard she can be less than enthusiastic about cables that havent been coaxialized....

 

[bryhamm]

Natalie Dormer in her brief scene in The Counselor