I've really liked her in other things too... Constantine... Swept From the Sea (or something like that).
Brendan leaves me scratching my head, he's not a dumb guy. There's Gods & Monsters too. To me he's the kind of guy that is the PERFECT DAD, loves to play with his kids and be silly and goofy but capable of being adult too.
And Maria Bello's been in a lot of movies lately. My first time seeing her was Dr Anna Del Amico on ER for one season as the blond doctor that got Noah Wyle's character's shorts all twisted with WANT! IWANT NOW! but she ended up going back to her loser boyfriend. Then there was Duets (fantastic movie with fantastic ensemble cast... oh and paltrow... think it was directed by her Dad) Her biggest dramatic role lately was History of Violence with Viggo but there's been a lot of things lately... my guilty pleasure favorite is Coyote Ugly where she played the bar owner.
She generally plays ballsy women. Never the "weak victim". Her characters are flawed and sometimes self-destructive but not "woe is me"/FLAIL.
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Date: 2008-07-16 12:50 am (UTC)Brendan leaves me scratching my head, he's not a dumb guy. There's Gods & Monsters too. To me he's the kind of guy that is the PERFECT DAD, loves to play with his kids and be silly and goofy but capable of being adult too.
And Maria Bello's been in a lot of movies lately. My first time seeing her was Dr Anna Del Amico on ER for one season as the blond doctor that got Noah Wyle's character's shorts all twisted with WANT! IWANT NOW! but she ended up going back to her loser boyfriend. Then there was Duets (fantastic movie with fantastic ensemble cast... oh and paltrow... think it was directed by her Dad) Her biggest dramatic role lately was History of Violence with Viggo but there's been a lot of things lately... my guilty pleasure favorite is Coyote Ugly where she played the bar owner.
She generally plays ballsy women. Never the "weak victim". Her characters are flawed and sometimes self-destructive but not "woe is me"/FLAIL.