Yup very alone on this one. Nancy was her best friend - they had known each other since grade school. I'd be broken to pieces of my best friend ended up in such a way.

I read that during the height of the Farrah Phenomenon - she was offered the lead role in this film but due to the CHARLIE'S ANGELS Contract Lawsuit it never happened.
Watching Farrah in this would have had me thinking this was just like a movie length episode of Charlie's Angels. Bujold gave the role an air of seriousness which I don't think Farrah could have conveyed convincingly.
Maybe it was just me, I detected some serious lesbian undertones, I mean SUSAN was REALLY, REALLY upset about NANCY's death. Am I alone on this one?
I think you are alone on this one. Susan had both a personal and professional reason to be upset by the death of her good friend, she was angry and confused about how such a simple medical procedure could result in a coma then death, so she went to great lengths to investigate it from every angle.

'I am sure this will get some reaction, but as a huge fan of the film & a fan of the late, underrated Ms. Fawcett'
I disagree that was underrated in her later years. Yes, she found a way of lowering her voice and knew technique,but I thought she becamse overrated only because the projects she did were so prolific and viewers were impressed that she was competent. There are many competent actrsses that did not get the praise she did,including those with even more talent

I agree 110% with you!

Fawcett would have been too whispery and baby doll-like in this part. Bujold is a focused and intense actress with a spine of steelshe provides the motor for this film, and makes you take the whole thing more seriously than it really deserves.
I think Farrah Fawcett would have been paper-thin, emotionally, in this. She only became a decent actress later on.
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at that time,yes, but she really came along and sunnk her teeth into "the burning bed" and "small sacrifices"
farrah was excellent in these 2 movies

Agree with your opinion. I think Farrah grew over time with becoming a serious actress; not sure if she could have pulled this role off.

no idea.

if Farrah was supposedly going to do this film then why not put Ryan O'Neil in instead of Michael Douglas, to make it a matching set?

Farrah Fawcett really stretched herself and developed into a fine actress, but I don't think at the time Coma was made she was there yet. I loved Genevieve Bujold in the film.
I don't think I've ever told anyone this, but I enjoyed Somebody Killed Her Husband with Farrah.

i dont think id have taken the movie seriously if farrah fawcett was in it,she was always more of a hot cover girl than an actress and if she was in something then it woukd be something brainless like charlies angels.

Farrah had other interests than and was a professional air head. Ask Lee!

Its not that far-fetched. In the book, Susan was blonde and beautiful. I think they purposely toned her down with Bujold (who is very pretty in her own way)to eliminate the sexist angle the book had. Im also a huge fan of the film and I loved Farrah (my favorite film of hers? "Murder In Texas")

I don't know, Farrah would be just too damn distractingly beautiful for the role, even if you uglyed her up a bit, she still has that face and smile. Men would not be able to focus on the plot.
Ms. Bujold is very pretty also, but one could believe that she is a doctor, I don't think the general audience could buy Farrah in her mid 20's as one,maybe when she was in her 40's but not in her 20's.