Just for a little fun....Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton probably won't be seen in the Sci-fi/action genre anymore (at least, not as leads :() Who would you guys like to see fill those boots? Milla Jovovich, Uma thurman, and Michelle Rodrigues come to mind. Who else......?

Okay, I'll play.

Uma Thurman and sara Michelle Geller are already out there doing it, more or less, though not spcifically in the sci-fi genre (thriller for Thurman, horror for Geller) .

Maybe someone VERY against type, like sandra Bulloch, which would either be an amazing success or an amazing failure, though it seems like she can't damage her career much more than has already been done, which is unfortunate because I, for one, like her. For a younger audience, Kristin Kurek seems like a very against type choice which might work; she can play steely as well as cute.

I do wonder if the tough-as-nails, against-type, kick-ass female anti-hero character isn't already getting a little old as a story gimmick, though. Still, whoever steps in is likely to have the genre all to themselves.

Kirsten Dunst as a vamp who battles demons on other planets.

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Dunst would be excellent in that kind of thing.

Definately Michelle Rodriguez.

After watching Catwoman I'd like to see Halle Berry do more action stuff, she must like it too, did most of her stunts.. maybe it was all of 'em, well ya know except those done with her CG double. ;)

Looks like she's got the lead in the new Foxy Brown, that might be worth a look.

Vivica A Fox maybe.. Jessica Alba.. she's done it before, might as well do more.

Chyler Leigh, Mia Kirshner - wouldn't mind seeing them give it a whirl, they're both easy on the eyes too. ;)

That's all for now I'll add more later if I think of any.

Katie Holmes in anything that would require skin tight outfits.

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Ahh yes, how could I forget Katie?!

how could I forget Katie?!

Maybe you're switching teams.

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it sounds odd, but Kathleen Turner was always some one that struck me as what over here is called 'hard'. i don't see why they have to young women who play the roles, i always find it very exciting when an older character is in danger - they are more vulnerable. i wrote a short film noir a few months back about a pensioner as the detective - and it was worth so much more with him as old than young.

Maybe someone VERY against type, like sandra Bulloch

Dr, I think that's, actually. an excellent choice. Bullock has done actions before and she does have mass appeal.

I do wonder if the tough-as-nails, against-type, kick-ass female anti-hero character isn't already getting a little old as a story gimmick, though. Still, whoever steps in is likely to have the genre all to themselves.

Story gimmick???? Naw, don't agree there (and it's not just because I'm female, but because the character is archtypal (Athena).

Kirsten Dunst as a vamp who battles demons on other planets.

Poke...nice choice. I think Dunst has many of the qualities of old hollywood like Carole Lombard.

Definately Michelle Rodriguez

Agreed, Will.

Vivica A Fox maybe.. Jessica Alba
Both good choices. I had forgot about Alba, but remembering her 'Dark Angel' days...she's probably one of the most commercially viable choices...she has all the qualities to fill Weaver's or Hamilton's shoes.

it sounds odd, but Kathleen Turner was always some one that struck me as what over here is called 'hard'. i don't see why they have to young women who play the roles, i always find it very exciting when an older character is in danger - they are more vulnerable. i wrote a short film noir a few months back about a pensioner as the detective - and it was worth so much more with him as old than young.

I agree with you Nique...but we all know mass appeal is rooted in young. You're right about Turner, it's too bad someone didn't capitalize on that aspect of her personality, earlier. I still say Weaver and Hamilton could kick a**, along with Demi Moore(Member G. I. Jane?), Courtney Love (yes, I said it).

Actresses from the past who could have been action stars?
Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Alice Guy, Nazimova, Katherine Hepburn, Frances Farmer.....

I guess you have to mention Jennifer Garner, though I've personally never seen Alias nor Elektra.

How bout Rosario Dawson? I bet she could kick some ass.

And how about Angela Lansbury as past action hero?

Katie Holmes in anything is a good bet.

what about that chyna lady from the wrestling thingy? That profession seems to be turning up in films alot these days................i know she probably can't act very well, but can anyone in the action genre as it is now (Vin Diesel, the Rock etc).she is perhaps lacking in a feminine side. personally, a female action character (or any action character for that matter) must be vulnerable, emotionally and physically. if they have to be young, i would, reluctantly i might add, call for Brittany Murphy (she has that Courtney Love look to her, especially in that awful Michael Douglas flick 'keep your word' or something like that).
however, i personally would stick with demi moore. it sounds strange, but she really had me scared in Charlie's Angels 2 - its the darkness of her - so striking, so dark, so mysterious, elusive. and she is slightly old (despite not showing it) and that could really make her even more vulnerable. penny for your thoughts? i feel i am way of base here. :(
anyways, i think that after sin city, one will be chosen, one of the many female leads will step up and taste the liquor no doubt.

How bout Rosario Dawson? I bet she could kick some ass.

T, another great choice.

Angela Lansbury....I like her (she seemed a little delicate when younger, perhaps the batgirl of the day :lol: ).

what about that chyna lady from the wrestling thingy?

Ya know Nique, that's not so far-fetched...a couple of weeks ago there was a Sci-Fi channel (made for TV) movie in which she played an alien (I thought her performance was pretty effective).

Bird,

Some interesting choices being posted here. I take your point about Athena, it may be that I'm thinking of the style in whch they have been presented in the past ten years.

As far as actresses form the past, the list could be miles long. Wouldn't it have been interesting to see Audrey Hepburn as a no-nonsense explosives expert?

Wouldn't it have been interesting to see Audrey Hepburn as a no-nonsense explosives expert?

DR,

That's hilarious...but of course the action would have to take place at Tiffany's.

what about that chyna lady from the wrestling thingy? ................i know she probably can't act very well

Of course she can act.. she IS (or was, I don't watch it) a "professional" wrestler.. that's all a bunch of poorly acted stunts and such..

Well, she did do that caper with Peter O'Tool, all we have to do is update it with guns and explosions. Hey! We can do a REMAKE!

Of course she can act.. she IS (or was, I don't watch it) a "professional" wrestler.. that's all a bunch of poorly acted stunts and such..

yeah, i just wonder if she has the ability to actually be a role over 90mins rather than every week or so getting sweaty in the ring. but i think that shes probably slowly working her way up the acting ranks

....AAAand, she can sing (kinda), I saw her on Howard Stern. What caper with Peter O'Toole?

[QUOTE=bird]....AAAand, she can sing (kinda), I saw her on Howard Stern [QUOTE]

my god - the action genre and the musical genre saved and merged by one supreme being - she is going to be a new kind of star!! :yes:

my god - the action genre and the musical genre saved and merged by one supreme being - she is going to be a new kind of star!!
:lol: Nique


Her trademark move could be.....Chynna: 'Singin in the rain (POW)...just singin in the rain (SMash-crappy)...Time to 'Clockwork Orange your A**'.

....AAAand, she can sing (kinda), I saw her on Howard Stern. What caper with Peter O'Toole?

And she can drink like a sailor, as anyone who's seen the lastest enstallment of the Surreal Life can attest to.

And she can drink like a sailor,

so, chyna plays a sailor who has seen too much war, she caught her 8yr old neice swashbuckling thin air, saying that chyna was her hero.
chyna loses all belief in the giddy life of the sailor, so she tries to set an eg to her neice -
by running off to the West end to be a star (or west end equivalent) - what she always wanted to be before her parents were murdered (and raped obviously) by the pirates who kidnapped her (she was later saved by the sailors).
anyway, problem is her sailor captain is in love with her - and that she ups and leaves drives him mad with lust and passion - he would break every rule in the book to bring her to him.
even -- !!!!! free the pirate captain who killed her parents + took her!!!!!! and forge a partnership with him.
he thinks he can buy offf the pirate captain when he has her back, but the pirate captain has other plans for our leading lady Chyna........plans that involve the destiny of her bloodline - as the most valuable blood of all time - the blood of Mary or Jesus or somebody or other......
oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah - am i on fire or what?!

that is an interesting idea for a film genre... musical/action/thriller.. :)

Bird,

Audrey Hepburn's movie caper with Peter O'Tool: "How to Steal A Million." Very good , if you like light romantic comedy from that era.

Dr,

Ohhhh...I thought you were talking about Chyna :D

OH! Oops! Cross-pollinated posts! Next time I'm say the NAME!