If Maggie Grace looks ANYTHING like Leslie Bibb by the time she's Leslie Bibb's age, it'll be fucking cosmic.
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If Maggie Grace looks ANYTHING like Leslie Bibb by the time she's Leslie Bibb's age, it'll be fucking cosmic.
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That's Leslie Bibb. Just so you know. The cheeks.
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She looks terible in that first picture.
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FIFYOriginally Posted by JackWhisper
I kill myself...
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So... Olivia Munn is going to be Psylocke in Apocalypse. What the fuck? Appearance-wise, ok. Asian-ish girl with an (American) English voice. I have a hard time seeing her as a legit badass, though. Does she even qualify as an actress? Psylocke is a character I would like to see more of in the movies, but I hope this doesn't ruin that potential in future flicks.
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Does she qualify as an actress? Uh, yes. She was awesome in the Newsroom.
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She was in one TV show (G4 stuff doesn't count)? Great, so she should be able to pull off a badass psychic ninja then? I'm not having much faith in this decision.
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Sorry, but that's like the ONLY thing she's done that hasn't been a one-off and/or small-time. I think Subzero's point was he wished there was a more established actress with greater hype attached to the name, playing Psylocke, so there was character recognition and momentum for spinoff. I doubt there's going to be a repeat of how outstanding Quicksilver was in the previous movie, who's presence, though by a relatively unknown actor was considered their breakout role and garnered them a retarded large fanbase for their acting prowess. But... at least she played in Iron Man 2 =P. She was that random reporter. And she did Attack of the Show for multiple years... which I have no clue what that is, because I don't watch it.
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An HBO TV show. And she speaks perfect Japanese. She'll rock this role.
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Name recognition really isn't a concern. They could pluck the most obscure woman on Earth to play the role and if she looks the part and has the ability to do right by the character, so be it. I'm simply not sure that Munn has the ability to do this. Who knows, maybe this version of Psylocke will be more Braddock than Kwannon, but I sorta doubt it.
Dunno what HBO has to do with anything. The girl playing Jean is on an HBO show, too, and I have some doubts there as well. The main difference here being the fact that these are younger versions of these characters (Jean, Cyclops, and the like... you can't really have a younger Psylocke unless they're breaking the hell out of things which is always possible). I think that could kinda save the situation with SansaJean and as I've never seen her do anything else, I have no idea how she does in other roles. I get the feeling she's more of a legit actress than Munn, though, so it might not be bad. On the other hand, I just can't help but see a disaster in the making with Munn as Psylocke. Perhaps I'm in for a huge surprise. Or maybe we'll see as much of this Psylocke as we did in the other X-Men movie she was in (2 or 3, I guess?); all ten seconds worth of screen time.
As for speaking Japanese... do you suppose there are a lot of Asian/Japanese actresses without such ability?
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