Patricia Cornwell fans: Angelina Jolie to play Kay Scarpetta in big screen version

[ilovejack02]

Yes, but Angelina Jolie will bring in the customers, Jodie Foster/Joan Allen/Edie Falco will not, it's all in who you can put in the seats.

I do agree though, that I wouldn't have cast Miss Jolie as this character, but I think she can pretty much have any role she wants in Hollywood.

agnes!

Won't bring in this customer , Sandra Bullock, heck yes!

 

[OceanAnnie]

Won't bring in this customer , Sandra Bullock, heck yes!

Me either. For me, it's not that she's too young, she just doesn't conjure Kay Scarpetta.

 

[vettechick99]

I imagined someone more like Annette Benning crossed with Sigourney Weaver. Older, kindof attractive, thin, tall, short hair. She doesn't fit that at all!

 

[Planogirl]

Angelina is a good actress. I was surprised and pleased by her performance in Changeling.

I've never heard of this character but I might just see this movie because Jolie is in it.

 

[agnes!]

Won't bring in this customer , Sandra Bullock, heck yes!

Sandra Bullock might be the only actress in Hollywood who could challenge Jolie at the box-office plus she would be good for the role *and* the two are both recently Oscar-nominated so it's not some award-winner trumping over a non-award winner.

Angelina is a good actress. I was surprised and pleased by her performance in Changeling.

I've never heard of this character but I might just see this movie because Jolie is in it.

See, for everyone of us who would hesitate to see the movie because Miss Jolie is cast, there are probably a lot who would see it because of it. But it sometimes doesn't matter what we think, it's the producers/money men/banks who will make the decision.

agnes!

 

[Ember]

I don't like Angelina. I'm sorry, but she is one of the least classy actors out there. I get that her appeal is all sexual, and sex sells, hence her popularity. Putting her into a role that requires any level of dignity is a bad fit. She's hired for her chest and looks, not her acting ability. And the girls on her chest will never be able to pull this role off the way they did Tomb Raider...

 

[Planogirl]

I don't like Angelina. I'm sorry, but she is one of the least classy actors out there. I get that her appeal is all sexual, and sex sells, hence her popularity. Putting her into a role that requires any level of dignity is a bad fit. She's hired for her chest and looks, not her acting ability. And the girls on her chest will never be able to pull this role off the way they did Tomb Raider...

Eh, I'm editing this because I don't know why I'm defending her. I think that she has some talent but she's not a favorite so why go there.

I still think that someone can be a good actor and have a good chest but that's just me.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I don't like Angelina. I'm sorry, but she is one of the least classy actors out there. I get that her appeal is all sexual, and sex sells, hence her popularity. Putting her into a role that requires any level of dignity is a bad fit. She's hired for her chest and looks, not her acting ability. And the girls on her chest will never be able to pull this role off the way they did Tomb Raider...

I laughed when I saw your post. I do see a lot of truth in it though. She has marketed herself largely using her sexuality. It has worked for her. I just don't see the role of Kay Scarpetta in this way.

 

[Ember]

I don't agree at all. I think that she is a good actress and I don't believe that having a decent sized chest in some way keeps her from being a good actress. Maybe I misunderstood...

Ah, it's the "good actress" part we fundamentally disagree over. I see her "acting" as little more than an excuse to show off her body in a sexual way, with very little acting ability to speak of. In my personal opinion, her blatant sexuality isn't enticing or intriguing, it's just cheap. I feel the same way about Megan Fox and Pamela Anderson. It's not sexuality in general I have an issue with, but with Angelina, that's all there is. And that kind of blatant hyper-sexuality doesn't lend itself to dignity or poise.

Again, this is just my opinion. If you feel she is a talented and convincing actress then it's easy to see where the disagreement comes from. Neither one of us is wrong, as it's all opinion. For the most part, I avoid anything with her in it. I'd rather spend my time washing my goldfish...

 

[Minnie_me]

I always pictured Gillian Anderson as Scarpetta, but maybe because when I was really into the Patricia Cornwell books, I was also really into The X-Files?

 

[HOGFAN]

Gillian Anderson would be better

 

[dapoteete]

When I first started reading these books, I always pictured her as Cheryl Ladd of the Eighties. Jody Foster would have been a good choice. But if this is about a younger Kay and the story was more in line with the early books, I would see it with Angelina.

 

[englishteacha]

Hmmm....never thought of Angelina as a Kay Scarpetta. I never saw Emily Deshanel as Temperance Brennan from Kathy Reich's books, though, either. Now I love "Bones", but I must admit it is SO far off from the books that it really seems like they are separate entities.

 

[SKWDW]

I was a fan of the first few Scarpetta books. The latest ones...not so much. They got way too "out there" in the believability area.

But I'd NEVER pick Jolie for that role. I think Joan Allen would be a perfect Scarpetta.

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Thanks Ariel Wanna-be! My thoughts exactly!

 

[Redpepperflakes14]

I was a fan of the first few Scarpetta books. The latest ones...not so much. They got way too "out there" in the believability area.

But I'd NEVER pick Jolie for that role. I think Joan Allen would be a perfect Scarpetta.

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Years ago when I was a big Patricia Cornwell fan, I always envisioned Kay Scarpetta as a Joan Allen type -- smart, kind and beautiful in a classy way. I like Angelina Jolie, but I see her and I see Lara Croft as Tomb Raider, not Kay Scarpetta.

And I second, third and fourth your statement about the latest Scarpetta books getting too far out there. I hadn't read any of her books in at least the last five or six years because I felt they were teetering on the brink of lunacy. However, at the library a few months ago, I came across one of her latest books and got nostalgic so I decided to check it out. I don't want to give away too much history in case there are new readers, but one name made me close the book and return it immediately --Benton Wesley -- talk about unbelievable! I guess I hadn't missed much in all those years.

 

[rainy~daze]

so who would you see as the other characters?

I've always pictured John Goodman as Marino.
Lately, I picture Thomas Gibson (Hotch on Criminal Minds) as Benton Wesley, a very much younger Benton Wesley, keeping with the Jolie as Scarpetta age variation.

 

[Snoopymom]

I guess I'm the only one, but I always pictured Patricia Cornwell as Kay. I guess I have no imagination and just looked at the cover

But I did watch a special where she researched Jack the Ripper and her tone of voice, use of words and confident attitude just seemed Kaylike to me.

 

[NotUrsula]

I think that Kay Scarpetta and Lucy are *both* part of Patricia Cornwell's fantasy vision of herself, for the most part. I think that's why so many people are saying that they picture Kay as a tall, thin, blonde. I should note that I picture her the same way, and in my mind Lucy looks like her, except that for some reason I always picture Lucy as much shorter than Kay.

I always tend to think of Kay as a rather brittle WASP (see Cornwell, Patricia), but that isn't the story at all; she's supposed to be from a down-at-heel family from Miami. (Should we picture her as Janet Reno, then? LOL) Anyway, Marino comes off as stereotypically Italian, but the women most definitely do not.

I just read one of the newer novels after not reading any of them for years. As I read, my recurring thought was -- how on earth did Lucy turn into Batman?

As to Benton, yeah, it's strange, but he was always my favorite character in these books, so I'm kind of glad to see him. He seemed so normal in comparison to the rest of them.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I could see Emma Thompson as Kay Scarpetta. I think she would be great.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000668/

 

[Sal]

Dr. Kay is one of my all time favorite characters. I recently got my DD hooked on the series. We have discussed a movie and my choice for Dr Kay is Ashley Judd. Attractive, but tough.