Terrible actress!
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vistula-579-906545 — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 03:36 PM)
Perhaps. Someone in the spy game needs to be able to slip into any environment seamlessly, definitely not stand out and draw attention to oneself. I can just picture her in Cairo muttering about not being able to get a decent cup of tea and complaining about all this foreign muck.
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katjoeus — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 06:51 PM)
Funny, I know quite a few people in the intelligence community, and I was just saying to my hubby that she is so much more realistic and believable than the likes of that lady in Homeland, for example! They don't tend to be young and attractive
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katjoeus — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 06:12 AM)
I have to agree with you on that one, I also don't find her attractive, but clearly she is meant to be - she also attracts men like moths to a fire on the show and they definitely make out as some sort of sex pot, which is the unrealistic thing about this. But that's generally the case in US series of that sort, whereas in real life, people working in intelligence are much more likely to be frumpy nerds (and I say that lovingly as I actually prefer those people
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katjoeus — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 06:15 AM)
Plus I overall agree that she wasn't the best choice for this role - there are other middle aged British actresses who might have been a better fit for this. I just don't agree that her acting was horrible per se.
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bc_rocker — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 11:25 PM)
Personally I thought her acting was good but she was just an unlikable sort of character/face.
I imagine if I had her as my boss I'd think she was a bitch!
The acting was very good though, and the fact that she was unlikable might have been the point of it.