"Every single actress since 1970 who has won a Best Actress Oscar (except four)"
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sweiland75 — 16 years ago(March 22, 2010 11:50 PM)
This is great!
She refused to do nudity and, by far, the longest discussion on this messageboard is ABOUT HER REFUSAL TO DO NUDITY!
She is not all that well known and doing nudity certainly would not help nor harm her acting career.
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epiphone20 — 16 years ago(March 26, 2010 06:05 AM)
"She is not all that well known and doing nudity certainly would not help nor harm her acting career."
It could help but the problem is, as I pointed above with the example of Diora, that it'd more than likely be something that would typecast her.
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sweiland75 — 16 years ago(March 26, 2010 09:46 AM)
It would typecast her, until she does a number of other roles not requiring nudity.
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epiphone20 — 15 years ago(June 20, 2010 05:27 PM)
"It would typecast her, until she does a number of other roles not requiring nudity."
It's not that simple though, as I've pointed out before it's a slippery slope. If the right role were to pop up for her it'd happen but it'd likely be that she'd continue to be offered roles involving nudity and unlike the established actresses who had taken it off she doesn't have the clout to get past that as easily. Acting involves an incredible amount of luck to make it big, when you dig a hole by stripping for some slasher or frat flick you're going to need even more luck.
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sweiland75 — 15 years ago(June 20, 2010 06:05 PM)
Acting involves an incredible amount of luck to make it big
talent
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epiphone20 — 15 years ago(June 26, 2010 10:30 AM)
No, Luck. There are incredibly talented people who have never gotten their big break across the world in every known field. Talent alone can't compensate for not being seen at the right place at the right time. If you want to call it something else, fate or whatever that's fine but talent alone, talent and desire can only get you so far.
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Vermathrax — 15 years ago(October 19, 2010 11:45 AM)
I've said it before and I'll say it again..if she did nudity her career would have existed in a professional world filled with flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles.
..or..you know, maybe that's just me.
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zachanscom — 14 years ago(December 23, 2011 01:23 PM)
the fact that she has such a high opinion of her self and her craft that she won't do nude scenes as a rule, yet he gets naked in a film called feddy jason is just a hilarious piece of irony.
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Burntout — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 10:42 PM)
She didn't get naked in Freddy vs. Jason, body double was used and the director Ronnie Yu was seriously pissed at her and the relationship was strained rest of shoot with her. She shoulda gotten nakedshe's gorgeous, now show us what we really came for!
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freeist — 13 years ago(October 22, 2012 12:25 AM)
Actually, a starlet going nude has such a mixed history of success that she'd probably do better without it:
http://thelastblognameonearth.com/2010/01/24/grin-and-bare-it-actresse s-and-nudity/
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-12-03/news/0412040066_1_scene- in-short-cuts-nude-nudity
And here are some stars who appeared on the cover of Playboy at the zenith of their careers, and for most of them, it was downhill from there:
http://www.businessinsider.com/playboy-cover-celebrities-2011-7?op=1
I don't have any statistics, but I would say nudity as a career enhancer for females is about as reliable as a rain dance. You might point out to a lot of women who started their careers going nude, but on the other hand, it's hard to point to all the ones whose careers went nowhere after a nude scene, because nobody knows who they are.
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katharine_isabelle_world — 13 years ago(October 23, 2012 08:54 AM)
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DarknJaded — 13 years ago(October 28, 2012 11:29 AM)
Just a broad quote from a bunch of people who have acted on tv and in movies, "Anyone can act." That's not to say there aren't extremely talented actors/actresses. The facts are, appearance is far more important than talent in Hollywood. Something she certainly doesn't lack. As far as acting goes, she's consistently decent, but she's not going to wow any non-fanboys (yet).
I see a lot of people going on about her potentially being typecast if she were to go nude. Oh, you mean like being typecast as a scream queen? Done. Then she blew that. Now, most of her roles are still in the horror/scifi/thriller genres, but she isn't getting the major roles she was offered before. Wonder why that is Oh, yeah, maybe because she accepted roles that required nudity and then refused to do those scenes. Most of the nude scenes she refused to do didn't actually show anything anyway. Pasties to cover her nipples or flesh-toned garments with little more digital work than they would normally do and she would have saved herself a LOT of drama. They've done as much for Briana Evigan, Megan Fox, etc.
All the talk about her getting her big break it came and went. She was the title character in a cult favorite, followed by being asked to audition as the lead in Freddy vs Jason and then accepting a lesser part. Had she kept the role as Lori with Monica picking up the trashy supporting character, she would have avoided the drama that ensued. Completely avoided the entire nude scenario, instead passing it to someone like Moni7ecca who isn't afraid to do sex scenes and get nude. And considering she was a rising star and a proven commodity in the genre, they would have been hard pressed to pass on her for Monica. Despite any complaints Ronny Yu could have made.
Now, I like her. Problem is, her window is quickly closing. If it slams closed on her, she will only have herself to blame. The only way I see her getting another real chance is if she gets a major role on an HBO, Showtime or AMC series to prove herself as a serious actress. All of which are likely to require she show more skin than she would like. If not require her to go topless. Right now, she's basically a scream duchess, not even capable of landing the leads in horrors she consistently got for a while. So, she either needs to accept the position she has put herself in and adapt or take after Danielle Harris and embrace her typecast.
Her passion (horses) obviously isn't going to work out as a career choice. This isn't the 1800s. Her chosen career is to be little more than a dancing monkey. Argue it if you like, but her job is to entertain us. If she continues to refuse to do the dance required of her, be rid of her. It's not like hot brunettes are rare. It's really not hard to find one to replace her that doesn't have the attitude problem or refuse to do her job after she's already accepted it.
She's going on 31, so it's not like she's a young actress someone is willing to bank a franchise on now. Alexa Vega, Briana Evigan, the Prescott twins and Lacey Turner are just a few people that would gladly lighten her workload. Plus about a million others. Many of which are equally or more talented and don't have the hangups she does. -
katharine_isabelle_world — 13 years ago(October 28, 2012 10:33 PM)
BTW - Katharine was offered the role of Monica - and then after accepting - was told that she instead was going to have to play the role of Gibb!
Her passion for horses has nothing to do with her career (she does have a life outside of acting!!).
Katharine has also many times expressed her love of acting - and not fame - as her career motivator. We wished some of you could meet her in person. You might find that there is much more to her personality - and talent - than "nude scenes", etc.
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