Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Women We Love: Susan Sarandon

Object of our affection: Susan Sarandon, actress/ ageless enchantress.
- Why we love her: For her resume-full of strong and sexy roles.
- Awards on her mantel: For her heart-breaking performance as Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, she was the first actress to win an Academy Award for playing a nun; also nominated for Atlantic City, Thelma & Louise, Lorenzo's Oil and The Client.
- Other choice roles: Seduced by Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and by Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger; seducer of her future longtime companion Tim Robbins in Bull Durham and James Spader in White Palace; various (and varied) mothers in Little Women, Stepmom and Igby Goes Down.
- Side jobs: Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; outspoken supporter of several liberal social causes.
- You go girl: Campaigned to get the TV show of conservative homophobe Dr. Laura taken off the air; has appeared in PSAs advocating GLBT acceptance.
- Bet you didn't know: Landed her first movie role (a lead in Joe) when she tagged along on an audition with her then-husband, Chris Sarandon (who did not get a part himself).
- Yes, it's true: She keeps her Oscar in the bathroom.
- Can we quote you on that: On her role in The Hunger, from The Celluloid Closet: "You wouldn't have to get drunk to bed Catherine Deneuve, I don't care what your sexual history to that point had been."
- And another thing: Also from Closet, on the homoerotic subtext of westerns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "They did what guys do in movies, instead they got their guns out. Because they couldn't get their dicks out ... That's what boys do."
- Where we can see her next: As the evil queen/ wicked hag Narissa in Enchanted. Will also star in two eagerly anticipated (and very different) upcoming movies: Speed Racer and The Lovely Bones.

Link via Imdb.com.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

we definetly have to love susan shes a great actress and so beautiful in every way i adore her.and i respect her so much!she may be over 60 but she doesnt look it and i dont think she'll ever really be considered old as to how amazing she looks.so talented at what she does! xx amanda jamieson (15 scotland)xx

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Anonymous said...

OMG!!! LOVE her!!!

Sooo awesome in "Enchanted"!! Check out the glitter pic I made of her here, 2 cute
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http://tinyurl.com/6pxsc9

Will be making more, most definitely!!