Did anyone else think Anna Scott was a bi-atch?
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mikeyg24 — 16 years ago(October 15, 2009 10:07 PM)
I kind of thought that was the idea. She had a snobbish conceited attitude to the world which came into conflict with how she really felt about Hughs character, then in the end she's all cool.
Awe Skinny you got blood all over my trousers! Jeez I'm real sorry sorry Frank -
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Tigerlily67 — 16 years ago(January 11, 2010 07:07 AM)
Yes, I think she had her b*tchy moments. But I also think she came off as shy. Many actors will say that despite their "celebrity", they are actually shy people. I think she had a quiet, shy personality and at the end in the bookshop (I love the "girl standing in front of a boy" line too), I think it takes a lot for her to lay her heart out to him like that. I love that part b/c she is really trying to say that she is just human and being a star doesn't make opening her heart to him any easier.
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liberalmedia — 16 years ago(February 05, 2010 02:59 PM)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, spacehogwarts. Most of the time I'm hopelessly susceptible to romantic comedies, but when I saw this in the theater, I almost walked out (and in my entire life I've only walked out of three movies, two of them freebies and one that I saw later with a less unruly audience).
Anyway, to return to the theme, yes, Anna Scott was totally unsympathetic self-absorbed, disloyal, completely unwilling to keep the conversation going when awkward stretches hit. If a person with power can't be bothered to be nice to people who can't do anything for her, I'd say she wasn't worth the first glance, let alone anything more.
The script could have given Anna some interesting quirks or a sense of humor (The flaky Carrie in
Four Weddings and a Funeral
had at least some warmth and wit), but I was left with the impression that virtually all of the supporting characters were not only nicer, more interesting people, but better friends as well.
If the intention was to remind us all that dating/marrying a famous person is not all it's cracked up to be, the film succeeds. But apparently it was intended as a love story. Not for me it isn't.
Please, IMDB, no more of those brainless threads about how so-and-so looks like so-and-so. -
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Paul_Ke — 15 years ago(November 25, 2010 08:49 AM)
just the way she came off when she said things like directly after they had dinner ouside the first thing she says is how did 'she' get in a wheelchair? i meannn beep rude.
That wasn't rude. If she had asked it inside in front of all of them, then that might have been. But waiting until after the dinner to ask Hugh Grant alone is not rude. She was just curious as to what happened to her. -
julper — 16 years ago(February 27, 2010 09:50 AM)
Yeahshe was a cold, two-faced beeyatch. I didn't want them to end up together; I wish the film makers had gone the original direction in which Honey was actually William's girlfriend, not his sister. In that version (according to IMDB), William chose Honey over Anna.
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georgewright — 15 years ago(December 09, 2010 03:33 AM)
I actually think this everytime I watch it, first time I think like this is when he is offering her drinks in his house, even if it's a bit weird of him and she just doesn't want a drink, she doesn't have to answer with just "no" how about "No thank you"?
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Everwoodfanforever — 15 years ago(December 24, 2010 10:36 AM)
I thought the same thing while watching it. Her character was a raving bitch, and it really just seemed like all she did was toy with his heart. I tried to like her, but couldn't get over all the shady things she did to him earlier in the movie.
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DCI77 — 15 years ago(December 27, 2010 11:04 AM)
Her profession is an actress, and a famous one at that. Just by going on stereotypes that are associated with being an actress/actor I would say being a "bi-atch" would be the umbrella term that would define it.
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palletizer — 15 years ago(January 06, 2011 12:27 AM)
I thought the portrayal was quite genuine. For someone that famous, she was guarded and skeptical, but still intrigued by William. I'm sure it would be a struggle under those circumstances.
What I do find unbelievable is that she would be that drawn to him in the first place when he essentially gives her nothing to go on. She dropped every possible hint that she was into him and he was clueless. I would have scooped her right up after the "I'm just a girl" line. -
BlueisBlue — 15 years ago(January 18, 2011 07:54 PM)
Palletizer,
I agree with your assessment of Anna Scott. I think Julia portrayed her character accurately. She is a famous person who is used to mobs of people harassing her and paparazzi attacking her.
I also think she was intrigued by William because he was not "one of the mob" (and he was cute). -
JaysonT — 15 years ago(March 25, 2011 10:34 AM)
I have to disagree with the OP. It's true Anna Scott came off a bit reserved and cold, but you have to remember the module for the film: She is the most famous actress in the WORLD. She's used to media, cameras, dumb questions, annoying autograph hounds (the thief), misconceptions. She is smitten with Will the first time she see's him, but he's smalltown bookstore owner vs. Oscar winner megastar. Plus it's London. They rave for gossip there just like America.
In a way, Will's character is also a unique study. He's gentle but he's also prudish and a bit conservative. The two are sweet together but it's a great script because it escalates the romantic tension. -
chloed1989-1-449816 — 14 years ago(May 18, 2011 02:45 PM)
I was going to agree with JaysonT I thought the OP is taking her character at just face value instead of thinking perhaps she was protecting herself, shy and wary of all the attention of fans as she should be as you see later when the paparazzi show up in front of Will's flat. But then later she screams at Will, very uncalled for and bitchy so maybe to a degree OP was right but JaysonT is right as well.
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