Just spent time with DD2 and SIL. DH is a talented artist so they've asked him to draw three screen icons for the wall of their new home cinema (yes I know-it's in the cellar!). James Bond was an easy choice, Edward Fox in Day of the Jackal, Jason Bourne, Harrison Ford but what about a female star? Marilyn Monroe is obvious but they would really like someone of their generation-they're in their forties. well folks, any suggestions?
I don't think that there is any doubt that Meryl Streep is the most iconic big screen actress of our generation.
I didn't always think so because OH fancied her and I didn't like her because she's slimmer and prettier than me, but I have to accept that she is a very good actress, versatile and amazing in so many diverse roles over so many years. She's brilliant at accents, very prolific and as a person she does seem to have her head screwed on.
The Hunger Games are a trilogy of films about a young freedom fighter called Katniss who is up against a despotic dictatorship that makes it's subjects fight each in a gladiatorial sort of way.
Oh Jalima you beat me to it-I said the same. . . who is Jennifer and Katniss?? It IS Sean Connery that they've chosen funnily enough. DH is, as we speak, -salivating-looking for posters of Gillian Anderson. Not sure it's their time though. We sent them a poster of Tippi Hedren in The Birds and they asked who that was!
I suppose that, as it's to be drawn on a wall, it has to be instantly recognisable. So, Monro, Princess Leia and Jennifer as Katniss to me show the progression of iconic images of women over the years. Although I'd prefer Audrey Hepburn to Monro [as she was also a pretty amazing person in real life]...
What about Gillian Anderson? One of the best actors of her generation. The trouble is she is so good she looks different each time. Don't know how old your DD2 is, but for my DSs the X Files and Scully were part of them growing up.
I agree that present day film stars just don't have the glamour of the older ones. Perhaps they are too familiar? We see so many films now, of all genres. I don't see real star quality in any modern actress. Sorry - actor.
Meg Ryan Reese Witherspoon Jodie Foster
I never tire of Eileen Atkins or Maggie Smith but there is no glamour there!