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Which leading lady would you be?

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mary51 Mon 17-Feb-20 16:16:26

Following on from the thread about films, who do you see yourself (and your OH) as, in a film. For me it would be Rosie in The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart in that boat, or Eddie's mum in Eddie the Eagle especially at the end when she meets Hugh Jackman.

And also Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy. I'm sure there are many more.

I know this is an idle thread but just sat down after a busy day!! smile

Chardy Tue 18-Feb-20 15:22:05

Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich, but really I want to be Moana.

Davida1968 Tue 18-Feb-20 15:10:19

I would love to be Sophia Loren, but I fear I'm more Margaret Rutherford...

wicklowwinnie Tue 18-Feb-20 14:16:14

Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter.

tiredoldwoman Tue 18-Feb-20 14:12:37

Judi Dench - I would like to ride behind Bill Nighy in The Second Best Marigold Hotel .

Keeper1 Tue 18-Feb-20 13:57:24

Any leading lady who has played Kathy so that I could have Heathcliffe

nanarossi Tue 18-Feb-20 13:35:14

Lara with Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago.

Susie42 Tue 18-Feb-20 13:31:25

Audrey Hepburn or Angelica Houstone

Bluecat Tue 18-Feb-20 13:28:43

Katherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story, with funny Jimmy Stewart and gorgeous Cary Grant.

BettyBoop49 Tue 18-Feb-20 13:25:36

Any leading lady playing opposite the dear departed Alan Bates.
I would also liked to have sung a duet with Scott Walker ( also deceased)
Trying the think of a live one now-can’t!

MawB Tue 18-Feb-20 12:29:30

Bagsy me Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen!
(But I could never fancy Humphrey Bogart, much preferred the buttoned up Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music!)

Margs Tue 18-Feb-20 11:55:55

I'd like to have been Barbra Streisand in "What's Up Doc?"

Mollygo Tue 18-Feb-20 11:38:06

Samantha in Bewitched, Julia Roberts, especially in Pretty Woman, but really I’d like to have Victoria Wood’s talent!

BladeAnnie Tue 18-Feb-20 10:58:55

Anything playing opposite the gorgeous Sean Bean ?

Daddima Tue 18-Feb-20 10:43:58

When I was younger, and heavily involved in amateur theatre, I would have loved to play Eliza in My Fair Lady. Then it was Lady Bracknell. I’m sure that if that opportunity arose now I would never be able to remember the lines ( though I can still remember lines from Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 40 years ago!

Dee1012 Tue 18-Feb-20 10:26:33

I'd opt for Ellen Ripley from the Alien film series played by Sigourney Weaver....I quite fancy myself as the "action heroine"
My other role would be Cathy from Wuthering Heights, however I would need Olivier as my Heathcliff.

gran5up Tue 18-Feb-20 10:25:44

Grim reality strikes here...Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple in,"Murder she said", "Murder at the gallop","Murder Ahoy", she looked as if she was having such fun despite being large and ungainly...and she was beautifully dressed and very clever!

Deed5y Tue 18-Feb-20 10:24:33

Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman!

JessK Tue 18-Feb-20 10:09:54

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Coconut Tue 18-Feb-20 10:09:30

Bridget Jones ?

Lookout01 Tue 18-Feb-20 10:09:25

Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. She was so elegant and pretty

Helennonotion Tue 18-Feb-20 10:05:07

Audrey Hepburn - Eliza Doolittle grin

Fernbergien Tue 18-Feb-20 10:01:41

Tidyskatemum you beat me to it. Liza Minnelli in Cabaret.

henetha Tue 18-Feb-20 09:53:49

Bette Davis in Now Voyager. One of the most romantic films ever made.
But, more like my own character, Calamity Jane.

Nortsat46 Tue 18-Feb-20 09:49:07

I forgot Samantha from ‘Bewitched’, I so wanted to be Samantha.
I had very short, straight brown hair when I was a child and I really, really wanted long hair. When I was finally allowed to have longer hair, I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t blonde and ‘flicked up’ like Samantha’s.

Bathsheba Tue 18-Feb-20 09:25:28

Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, or Mama Mia. In fact Meryl Streep in just about anything!