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KnifeMissile · 12-11-2004, 03:21 PM

I was watching Little Nicky the other day and I couldn't help but notice that the "ugly" plain girl was played by the very attractive Patricia Arquette. When I mentioned this to my friends, they brought up how there was some controversy over giving the beautiful Charlize Theron the main role of an ugly bitch in Monster.
Now, I can understand that pretty girls get more acting roles than ugly ones because we're talking about entertainment here and who wants to look at ugly girls? But we're not talking about ugly duckling roles, here. It's not enough that they get all the good roles, they must also get the ugly ones too? Is there simply no place in hollywood for ugly girls?

12-11-2004, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Why do they get pretty girls to play ugly roles? I was watching Little Nicky the other day and I couldn't help but notice that the "ugly" plain girl was played by the very attractive Patricia Arquette. When I mentioned this to my friends, they brought up how there was some controversy over giving the beautiful Charlize Theron the main role of an ugly bitch in Monster. Now, I can understand that pretty girls get more acting roles than ugly ones because we're talking about entertainment here and who wants to look at ugly girls? But we're not talking about ugly duckling roles, here. It's not enough that they get all the good roles, they must also get the ugly ones too? Is there simply no place in hollywood for ugly girls?