could have been a great movie despite Kate Hudson`s performance
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Four Feathers
actrmdl1275 — 20 years ago(April 17, 2005 09:11 AM)
'Four Feathers' was a well acted and well intended film, but unfortunately the performance of one can ruin the experience with the entire piece as you
re only as strong as your weakest link. I feel sorry for actors like Heath Ledger and Wes Bentley who showcased some great range and powerful performances falling by the wayside to the commercialism of miscasting Kate Hudson in a role that would have been better stated and more eloquent had it been played by an unknown actress or character actress. There are very few actresses, in that age range ,working commercially in Hollywood, who subsequently could have made that character real, to me, as well as many other, who have seen and dismissed this film ,sadly, but my suggestion to Hollywood Casting Directors and Studio Movie Producers is this. When you have great talents such as Heath Ledger and Wes Bentley, stop thinking about how your pockets could be lined thicker by putting a teen idol in the film because while you do create the initial financial gain, you lose, by way of your film suffers as a piece of artwork and therefore becomes extinct by word the mouth of many others.If you have something to contribute, let me know, if you made the film for $5 Million dollars and by the casting of Kate Hudson made $10 million before it was shelved and dismissed, let me know, Id like to know whether the short money was that important to taint both history and art, oh wait, it`s Hollywood. -
vega-37 — 18 years ago(September 15, 2007 08:16 PM)
I think they should have used British actors to play all of the British roles. I like HL and WB very much, but WB is better on the other side of the ocean. Heath did a fairly good job (at least he has an accent in real life, although not a British one), but he just looks like a punk in a lot of this movie. I agree with the guy who said his hair was bad, and I found it very distracting.
Kate was plain awful, terrible accent, terrible looks (in this), terrible depth (none), offering no reason whatsoever to have these two guys in love with her. She should stick to shallow American roles, where she can play a cutie pie blonde modern person. Maybe they should have pulled her buddy Isabelle (Lucy Gordon) out of the five-second role she had, to play Ethne. At least she's British. -
AZINDN — 14 years ago(August 03, 2011 01:09 PM)
I'm always dubious when a Hollywood "it" child of famous parent(s) gets cast in UK films with period costume and nationalist story lines. In this case, Kate Hudson is the typical casting decision that Hollywood suits would think suitable for a male-dominated commercial film venture. Perhaps her parents contributed to the production cost with the rider that their kid get a staring part, or, the producers had no idea the kind of storyline involved needed a female actor who could actually act. Being cute and blonde got Goldie Hawn a long way in Hollywood and it seems to be getting her minimally talented and not so cute daughter equal milage. Sadly for the film going audience, we waste our money and time on films that are marred by Hudson's presence on screen.
If Ewan McGregor were a lollipop I'd be a diabetic strumpet