Hollywood is full of young actresses who may be slightly talented or who may be movie stars but they don't have high marks in both. Megan Fox is a movie star but the girl has little to no talent besides being hot and wearing tight jeans. Ellen Page is a furiously talented individual but she's hardly a movie star. Those two girls make it seem like you can't be both and that the modern actress can't hold a candle to the actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Thanks to the British actress Carey Mulligan and American actress Amanda Seyfried, a bridge has been built between Actor and Movie Star.
Carey Mulligan, after a series of supporting roles in films and miniseries (most notably in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice as Kitty Bennett), had her breakout role in the gem of a movie An Education. Holding her own against formidable talents like Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson and Peter Sarsgaard, Mulligan showed maturity, poise and grace on the silver screen. With her melodious voice, her ability to be sexy without being sexual and her generally charming personality, Carey Mulligan shows traces of what made the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Lauren Bacall so loved by everybody.
Check out: An Education, Brothers, The Greatest
Look out for: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go
There is something about Amanda Seyfried that makes you take notice when she appears on the screen. Whether she's the girlishly joyful Sophie in Mamma Mia! or the conniving seductress in Chloe or the lovesick Savannah in Dear John, Amanda Seyfried lights up the screen with her ethereal beauty and expressive eyes. Her characters are three-dimensional and believable and she's always wholly convincing. I'd even go as far to say that there isn't and will never be a such thing as a "bad Amanda Seyfried movie" because she elevates everything she does. She's a lot like Meryl Streep in that way and I'm positive that she will have the same career success that Meryl Streep does now.
Check out: Dear John, Big Love, Nine Lives
Look out for: Letters to Juliet (for which, I admit, I am excited) and Boogie Woogie
These are the two actresses you should keep your eye on. i think they're going to be huge stars with the talent to match. And maybe they should start clearing some shelf space for I see some statues in their future. Thoughts?
4 comments:
I love Amanda Seyfried! I think mostly because of Mamma Mia!, and you're right, I think she is or will be as high-caliber as Meryl Streep. I haven't seen Dear John but I want to...I also have An Education on my list of movies I want to see, but until then, I am indifferent to Mulligan. :)
hello iam not too fan of these people may be generation gap but will see movies on dvd
I had only heard of Amanda Seyfriend before this post, but now I'll be on the lookout for Carey Mulligan too! Do you know how they got discovered? Sometimes that makes a difference in how quickly they die out or become super famous.
i saw Amanda Seyfried first time in Mean Girls Starring Lindsay Lohan. She is too preety but the next movie i watch is Mamma Mia! In this she got a perfect looks with a nice role.
But still m not a true fan of her.
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