I Love James Spader
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lawgirl24 — 20 years ago(April 17, 2005 06:48 PM)
I was drawn to him when I watched the last season of "The Practice." Ever since then, I have seen a BUNCH of his movies. I loved this one so much I bought it. You're right that he has this cuteness about him. This movie rocks!!! I also liked Secretary a lot too. He has the cuteness that evolved differently since "Sex, Lies, and Videotape." I'm so ticked that the rest of the Boston Legal season was taken off until the fall. Grrrrrrrr. I miss my weekly Spader fix. I guess I'll have to make due with his movies.
"I outrank you." Brad Chase
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thecellomistress — 20 years ago(June 30, 2005 09:50 PM)
Oh my Lamont! I am in LOVE with James Spader, too! And I too, fell for him in Stargate. He is just such a sweetheart. He is also very much a sweetheart in this movie, too. I love him as Grahame. He is just so loveable. Plus he likes Iced Tea. He totaly rocks.
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Radiant_Rose — 20 years ago(November 28, 2005 05:18 AM)
Sci fi: "Starcrossed", "Stargate", "Supernova", "Alien Hunter" and, fantasy not sci-fi, "Wolf". Two of these involved coloured contact lenses, someone suggested that maybe then is when he found out how much he hates them.
"Starcrossed" was released in the UK on video, e-bay and amazon sometimes have second hand copies. As with most of his best films, there is a strong brunette heroine. -
chelsea1440 — 20 years ago(January 05, 2006 12:17 AM)
It's so funny, because my first James Spader encounter was Pretty In Pink, and for YEARS I avoided seeing his films, because he played the character so well, I really thought he was an assI mean, he was so convincing, I just assumed he actually was that way :op But then I was procrastinating a few weeks ago and decided to watch this and was absolutely flooredI think he's my new favorite actor. I had such a crush on him after the first 3 viewings of this, that I decided to re-watch Pretty In Pink, to see if he still repulsed me in that, and, to my surprise, he still didhe's too talented! I just rented Secretary and LOVED it as wellI'm going to have to go on a little James Spader-a-thon nowheheI really like the way he speaks at different levelsso few actors really take advantage of the full range of speaking volumes to convey emotions; most actors just use "normal" speaking voices all the time, despite the fact that in reality, there are constant variances in volumes and inflectionsanywayamazing guy
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Radiant_Rose — 20 years ago(January 06, 2006 06:00 AM)
Goodness, chelsea1440, that is taking things very literally to assume he was like Stef(f) in real life. Which I ruddy well hope he is not, otherwise I have been doing my best to boost the popularity of his work.
I wonder if anyone who saw him in "Stargate" thought he was as virginal as his character appeared when Sha'uri reveals her breasts (to him, her back is to the camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it would be non-libellous to assume that he was not a virgin at the time "Stargate" was filmed as he had been married for years and his wife had had at least one of their 2 sons by then. He had also appeared in quite a few sex scenes by then also, although I suppose a person could act in a sex scene and still be a virgin. Unless it was a hard core porn film of course. -
chelsea1440 — 20 years ago(January 08, 2006 11:14 PM)
Well, so many actors basically play the same characteror at least elements of their personality come through all the characters they play (think: Sandra Bullock, Jude Law, Hugh Grant.most actors I can think of). And Spader was just SO convincing as the Steff, I figured that that was just his characterso few actors can so completely transform themselves as Spader does, I just didn't anticipate that he was this talented.
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Radiant_Rose — 20 years ago(January 10, 2006 05:26 AM)
Yes, he was good as Steff. Btw, did you wonder why he got landed with a girly name, Andy and her blonde nemesis Benny got boyish names, Ducky got called Ducky and Bla(i)ne got a name that, to quote Ducky, was not that of a human but of a household appliance?
I like it when someone responded to the "yoga" thread that I started on the J Spader board by saying they'd read an interview where Spader said he used to be a hippy. Had picture of confused hippy with flower tucked behind one ear plaintively asking his agent, "Why do you keep sending me to audition for all these roles as horrible people?"
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vfrance-1 — 20 years ago(February 07, 2006 06:10 AM)
This is funny to me, because I LOVED James Spader as Steff in Pretty in Pink. Don't get me wrong, he was a complete ass in that film, but it was hilarioushe played it to the hilt. One of my favorite parts is when he is blocking Andi's car door and trying to get her to go on a date with him. When she refuses, he pauses, puts a cigarette in his mouth and says "You're a bitch. You know, that condition of yours could get a lot worse." Hilarious! Oh, and the scene where he's rolling up a joint in his father's den after the party and says, "I think this one might finally kill the old man, Blaine." And the way he treats his bitch girlfriend like beep What makes the character so good is that he delivers his line in such a snarky, deadpan fashion, that only James Spader can really pull off. That's good acting for you, when the actor makes you love the character despite the fact that the character is an beep
Andrew McCarthy's character was so freaking annoying in that film, Andi should have gone with Duckie. But that's a topic for the Pretty in Pink board I suppose.
Oh, and don't get me started on Secretary! I can't help but think that if I was single and he was my boss, well..I LOVE the part where he comes up behind Lee and slams the letter down on her desk and chastises her while almost touching her ear with his mouthwow!
"I guess I started smoking when I was aboutfour."